HC Deb 14 August 1913 vol 56 cc2675-6W
Mr. HUNT

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that Special Reserve officers who have obtained their pilot's certificates have to wait an indefinite time, sometimes six months or more, before they are allowed to attend an Army Flying School; will he say if this is because there is no room for them at the Army Flying School; and, if so, what steps does he propose to take to remedy this injurious state of affairs?

Mr. HAROLD BAKER

All candidates have to wait for vacancies in courses for them. The school was organised so as to be capable of training such numbers of officers and men as were considered necessary for filling the establishment of the corps; but if experience should show that such numbers are insufficient, the matter will be reconsidered.