According to channel sources, another reason for the problems with flight training was the deployment of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Pacific Ocean in 2021, as the ship carried eight F-35 fighters, which were flown by experienced Navy and Air Force pilots.
As a result, this led to a shortage of instructors in the UK.
It is noted that the Minister of Defense of the country Ben Wallace instructed the commander of the British Air Force Michael Wigston to solve the problem with the training of pilots.
The TV channel points out that it could take years to fix problems with pilot training.
Earlier, the outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during a visit to Kyiv, offered to train 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers on the territory of European countries in four months.