Under the old RTS' System and also under the early days of the new system, we took students aerodrome preference into account during the early stages of training and only offered the student a place when their chosen aerodrome came up. This sometimes led to students becoming disappointed in the waiting times if the student in front of them took longer to pass and thus held up a training place at their chosen aerodrome whilst their friends at other aerodromes passed before them.

Under a new system that we've been trying out over recent months, we will not be taking aerodrome preferences when a student enters the waiting list. When a training place is freed up, it will be offered to the first student on the waiting list for that TG. The student may choose to defer for a particular aerodrome at this point, however from experience we've found that most students just want to get training, rather than waiting for their favourite aerodrome. Ultimately, this is the students call and naturally they will have to wait longer for a place to become available.

As such, going forward we are going to make this our official approach to training places. Of course, students will still be able to select a Training Group in which to train - thus they will have a known collection of airfields on which to practice in preparation for further training.