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RAF's Top Gun wannabes are spending years flying DESKS instead of planes due to shortage of aircraft and instructors
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Britain has been shorting their military for at least two decades. This is more of the same.
  • Over half of people in the flying training system are waiting for a training place

  • Instructors have had to reschedule training to protect UK airspace

  • It could mean not enough pilots are available to operate future frontline planes

  • Trainee pilots are waiting around in UK military buildings 'on hold' for a space

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-08-08
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=640637