Air Force: Training
(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June to Question 11845 on Air Force: Recruitment, how many jet pilots were trained in each year since 2015.
In answering this question I have determined jet pilots to mean fast jet pilots. The current number of fast jet pilots that have graduated from their Conversion to Type training in each complete calendar year since 2015 is as follows:
Platform | Fast Jet Pilots Trained by Calendar Year | ||||||
Financial Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Typhoon | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 20 |
Lightning | ~ | ~ | 10 | 10 | 10 | ~ | 10 |
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 20 |
In accordance with the Data Protection Act and our obligations in relation to the protection of confidentiality when handling personal data, data have been rounded to the nearest 10, where "-" denotes zero and "~" denotes a number less than or equal to 5. Due to the rounding methods used, 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.
The RAF has sufficient qualified aircrew to meet its frontline operational commitments.