We note that Air Member for Personnel Briefing Team (AMPBT) was asked about training availability on a number of occasions in 2014:
Question to the AMPBT: The drawdown of regulars and an increase of Reserve and Aux staff will increase the Trg burden, especially where currencies are required. To achieve the Full Manning aspiration what recognition is being given to the additional manning training margins and increasing mandatory training requirements plus the pull of personnel for ‘other commitments’?
The response from the Team: The ongoing Strategic Manpower Review is examining changes to the Manning and Training Margins to address exactly the issues this question raises. The review intends to make recommendations to the Air Force Board Standing Committee this year (2014).
Question to the AMPBT: How can we align the Air Force Board’s aspirations with tri-Service training establishment’s demands; which appear to be limited financially in the number of courses/places they can provide and thus priority appears to be with the Regular Force? The response from the Team: There are known capacity issues with some tri-Service training establishments; notably the driver training school. These impact on both Regular and Reserve training. The issue is recognised and mitigations are being sought by 22 Trg Gp staffs. Question to the AMPBT: In addition to looking at financial incentives for retention, what training opportunities are realistically open to Reservists? Would the SLT, through DACOS Reserves look to improve accreditation of Military training for Reservists (NVQ etc)?
The response from the Team: In short yes. There are tri-Service initiatives in place that have already improved the proposition to employers, especially small and medium sized enterprises, and the accreditation of military training is a key line of development as we take things forward.
Question to the AMPBT: “Is there a policy that sets the priority for the allocation of training places and specifically is there a differentiation made between regular and reservist personnel?”
The response from the Team: This is a bit ambiguous as it depends just what the questioner meant by ‘courses’. There are very few courses that are open equally to Regulars and Reserves but those that are (such as JMLC, IMLC) tend to be allocated first to Regulars and then to Reservists. The only thing we ask of the course loading organisations is that once a Reservist has been given a place that they are not bumped off – this is because, unlike a Regular, the Reservist will often have had to take time off their civilian work or arranged their private lives around undertaking training – the Regular on the other hand can easily be loaded on to another course”.
Given the apparent disparity between this response and some of the comments we received, HQ Air may wish to consider reiterating the guidance and publicising it again.
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