Whatever the benefits of the proposed UK Military Flying Training System may prove to be, where are the contractors expected to find flying instructors with suitable backgrounds and experience? Existing contractors are using mainly former service instructors who are on their second circuits and, before long, most will head for retirement.
Without the need for the Royal Air Force to provide its own instructors, presumably the Central Flying School will cease to train new ones and the cupboard will be bare. What will happen then?
David Ogivily
President, UK Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association,
London, UK
Source: Flight International
