Trainee Royal Air Force pilots will have to wait up to a year to start flying lessons

Sky News has learnt that the UK’s trainee military pilots will have to wait up to a year to start flying lessons.

The RAF is working to fix problems with training that have prompted some recruits to quit and this problem will also affect Ukrainian pilots who need to be trained before they can fly Western fighter jets.

Sky’s Defence and Security Editor Deborah Haynes has this exclusive report.

Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/trainee-raf-pilots-face-year-long-wait-to-start-flying-lessons-due-to-training-shambles-12889921

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