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Trainee RAF pilots face year-long wait to start flying lessons due to training 'shambles'

The delay, aimed at easing a logjam in the troubled system, comes as the UK prepares to start giving Ukrainian aviators initial training as part of an effort by allies to help Kyiv operate western fast jets to combat Russia's invasion.

Deborah Haynes

Security and Defence Editor @haynesdeborah

Friday 26 May 2023 17:00, UK

Trainee RAF pilots face year-long wait

Trainee Royal Air Force pilots will have to wait up to a year to start flying lessons as commanders work to fix chronic problems with training that have prompted some recruits to quit, Sky News has learnt.

A leaked document reveals a plan to reduce the flow of personnel into the initial phase of flying training to ease a logjam in the pipeline.

This is the elementary part of the programme Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has just announced will be opened up to Ukrainian pilots. They will not be affected.

The situation is particularly challenging for British fast jet recruits, with the RAF forced to ask other nations, including Italy, Spain and Saudi Arabia, for slots on their courses.

One trainee aviator, who eventually gave up on a military career after spending so long stuck in limbo waiting for training, said: "I and the majority of aircrew are resentful at having had our time wasted through shoddy organisation in a service that doesn't value its personnel."

Speaking on condition of anonymity, they added: "I am not alone in feeling massively let down by senior officers after we've given up so much personally to serve UK security."

Sky News revealed last year that hundreds of trainees were spending months - sometimes years - on hold, waiting to progress through the training system.