3.1 The Department's aims for new core training are to:
• optimise time in training;
• close the skills gap between aircrew finishing training and skills needed to use front-line aircraft; and
• reduce the overall cost of flying training.
3.2 The Department needs to set a performance baseline and the right measurement methods to contract effectively for improvement and to track progress. It also needs to clearly define responsibilities for realising benefits.
3.3 This part examines how well placed the Department is to get the benefits of new core training (Figure 15).