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WI various air forces introduced vastly simplified primary trainer airplanes?

Consider that the DH Tiger Moth was the most efficient trainer from a British perspective because it required very little (by weight) strategic materials and kept thousands of semi-skilled workers employed. The TM's disadvantage was its high labor cost.

Bjucker Jungmeister was not much better when you count parts.

Since WW2, light plane manufacturers have invented numerous ways to reduce parts count and labor to build basic trainers.

How could simplified construction improve the number of trained pilots?
How would different nations solve the question?
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