§ 60. Viscount CURZONasked the Secretary of State for Air what is the proposed period of annual training which it is proposed to lay down for a pilot and an observer, respectively, in the Air Force Reserve; whether they will, during their training, have an opportunity of actually working with the Fleet; and whether Parliament will have an opportunity of considering the conditions of training, service, and Regulations for this new force before it is brought into existence?
The SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Captain Guest)The answer to the first question is that 12 hours' flying in all, on up-to-date war-type machines, will have to be completed in each year, in periods of not less than two nor more than six days in each quarter; to the second, that reserve officers who have served with the Fleet will be given practice in flying on and off aircraft carriers, and, further, that advantage will be taken of any opportunities that may arise for practising them in actual work with the Fleet; to the last, that, as pointed out to my Noble and 1256 gallant Friend on the 27th July, the reserve is not a new force and that the conditions of service and general Regulations were laid before Parliament on 7th February last.