Investigation into military flying training

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Report

by the Comptroller
and Auditor General

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Ministry of Defence

Investigation into military flying training

HC 2635 SESSION 2017-2019 4 SEPTEMBER 2019
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Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

Ordered by the House of Commons
to be printed on 3 September 2019

This report has been prepared under Section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 for presentation to the House of Commons in accordance with Section 9 of the Act

Gareth Davies
Comptroller and Auditor General
National Audit Office

2 September 2019

HC 2635 | £10.00
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The Ministry of Defence (the Department) is not currently meeting its stated targets for the number of trained aircrew it needs, with students taking longer to complete training than expected. Since 2012, the Department has introduced new core flying training, Phase 2 of the training process, through working with its contractor Ascent Flight Training (Management) Limited. We investigated the performance of this new training system within the context of the Department's full training system and how the Department plans to meet its increasing aircrew requirements.
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