| 257 average number of aircrew the Ministry of Defence (the Department) needs to complete Phase 2 training each year in the six years to 2018-19 |
| 45% average annual shortfall between the number of aircrew completing Phase 2 training against the Department's requirement in the six years to 2018-19 |
| 94% percentage of the 965 Phase 3 front-line training places filled by students completing Phase 2, 2015-16 to 2018-19 |
| 7.1 years | average time for Royal Air Force fast-jet pilots to complete the three-phase training process against the Department's 3.9-year optimum, as at July 20191 |
| 145 | number of Royal Air Force students waiting to start Phase 2 training against a target of 26 students, as at July 2019 |
| April 2021 | Department's expected date to meet its target for the number of students waiting to start Phase 2 training |
| 2023 | Department's expected date to have all training components in place to meet its increased aircrew requirements |
| 76 | shortfall between the Department's latest requirement for aircrew completing Phase 2 training (342) against the number which Ascent Flight Training (Management) Limited (Ascent) were contracted to deliver (266) for 2018-19 |
| 102 | the number of new aircraft Ascent and the Department have brought into service, across seven different aircraft types |
| 94% | current percentage readiness of MFTS helicopter and fixed-wing training2 |
| £514 million | amount received by Ascent from the Department for the MFTS, as at 31 March 2019 |
Notes
1 Target time assumes students wait no more than one month between training courses.
2 Other training, advanced jet and rear crew, has been in place since 2012.
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