Another perspective:
If you began with 4 Typhoons and trained realistically for a year; at the end you would still have 4 Typhoons and all the the pilots . What would the attrition rate have done to your force strength of Hunters?
Of course, much of the improvement is down to better equipment design and maintenance, but how much of the reduction in accident rate has been achieved by improved training? A significant proportion of the accident rate of previous generations is attributable to the aircrew, who were the products of training system that is regarded as so much better than today's by the rose-tinted spectacle brigade.