During 1942, a German pilot had to go through a training period of six months, as well as two months of studying aviation subjects before he'd get the chance to enter A/B Level Flight Training Schools and train on light aircraft.
After accumulating over a hundred hours of flight time, the pilot could finally receive his pilot's license and his Flying Wings Medal.
And after that, they still needed to go to a Level C Flight Training School for training on various models of aircraft before they could fly twin-engine fighters or reconnaissance planes to the front lines.
However, as the war situation grew tense and shortages in fuel and aircraft became a problem, this quickly changed. Once Little Beard listened to Goring's report, he simply ordered the dissolution of the Level C Flight Schools, and subsequently, the light aircraft of the B-level schools were replaced by gliders.