The flight training methods still used today by most armed forces around the world date back to the early 1900s, when Major Smith-Barry invented a revolutionary system for the time. It consists of a training process divided into several phases with strict boundaries between them. This very linear process involves increasing complexity with the student having to learn to fly a number of different platforms, each of which is more difficult to operate and the environment becomes progressively more complex until the first line aircraft is reached.
However, this method does not allow students to capitalize on the progress achieved due to the different operational dynamics of the aircraft, resulting in more flight hours in each platform and greater waste of money. This is why a generational shift in flight training is underway. Read more here
