Air Force: Training
(asked on 1st December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 96565 on Air Force: Training, how many (a) UK and (b) non UK pilots are awaiting training at each RAF base as of 1 December 2022.
On 1 December 2022 there were 200 UK pilots conducting supplementary training/courses or fulfilling holding roles at Royal Air Force (RAF) bases whilst awaiting the next stage of their flying training.
RAF Station Locations | No of UK Pilots holding |
Lossiemouth | 10 |
Waddington | 20 |
Coningsby | ~ |
Cranwell | 30 |
Benson | 10 |
Brize Norton | 20 |
Cosford | ~ |
Shawbury | 10 |
University Air Squadrons | 50 |
Halton | ~ |
Henlow | ~ |
Air Command High Wycombe | ~ |
Marham | ~ |
Northolt | 10 |
Odiham | 10 |
Syerston | ~ |
Valley | 10 |
Wittering | 20 |
Leeming | ~ |
There has always been planned holding periods in the flying training pipeline to ensure all courses are fully utilised. Trainee pilots on hold fulfil required and essential roles within the Armed Forces with the aim to expand their skills in other areas of the Ministry of Defence and to prepare them to be the future leaders of the Armed Forces.
On 1 December 2022 there were five or less non-UK pilots at RAF Shawbury awaiting the start date of the next course.
Due to the small populations generated by this level of detail, and the possibility of identifying individual personnel, data have been rounded to 10 and therefore totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. "-" denotes zero and "~" denotes a number less than or equal to 5.