Air Force: Manpower

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots for each aircraft type in the RAF is. [Official Report, 1 July 2009, Vol. 495, c. 5MC.] (279958)

The information requested is provided in the following table:

Aircraft type	Required	Actual
C130J	133	130
C130K	73	79
VC10	64	51
TriStar	48	46
C17A	53	46
HS125	17	16
BAel46	10	7
GR4	134	129
Typhoon	60	68
F3	23	30
Harrier	48	48
Nimrod MR2	58	46
Nimrod R1	10	10
Sentinel R1	21	14
E3D	32	28
KingAir	32	27
Dominie	15	9
Tutor	31	46
Tucano	50	47
Hawk	97	84
Puma	96	85
Chinook	101	93
Merlin	75	64
Squirrel	18	16
SeaKing	89	74
Griffin	22	23
Augusta 109	5	5
Predator	8	8
Reaper	14	11
Islander	7	7
Total	1,348	1,347

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009