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<p>For each training year, the number of trainee RAF pilots who enter the Phase 2
Military Flying Training System is based on the number of pilots required to commence
Operational Conversion Units (OCUs) to meet the Front Line demand for qualified pilots
in future years.</p><p> </p><p>The RAF Pipeline Management Team, governed through
the Aircrew Pipeline Steering Group, actively manage the pilot training pipelines
to ensure that trainee flowthrough is kept to an optimum to reduce periods of holdover
for trainees between training courses. In 2022-23 and 2023-24 there was a managed
reduction in some of the training pipelines to appropriately control the numbers of
trainees in holdover ahead of joining OCUs. Additionally, as already documented, Hawk
T2 engine issues impacted the number of Fast Jet pilots trained during this period.</p><p>
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