Not all JO's aspire to command, a lot just want to fly. You couldn't tell that with some guys and gals in 128?
I am sure that a certain amount of JO's have no aspirations of command, but I would hope they all want to lead.
Not all JO's aspire to command, a lot just want to fly. You couldn't tell that with some guys and gals in 128?
I am sure that a certain amount of JO's have no aspirations of command, but I would hope they all want to lead.
And to answer your question though Flash, yes, I could tell that quite a few of the JO's had no desire for a seat in the front office.
Just make this opportunity available to civilians without any prior service. Have them meet the same standards for OCS without the college degree requirement.
Let the line officers lead, and let the Warrants fly their butts off.
It's about time the Navy instituted a simuliar Army Warrant Officer Flying program. As stated, it will develop more leadership opportunities earlier in the career for their Navy regular line officers. The regular line officers can expect less flying time in their careers as a consequence.
The Army has over 50 years in working out the bugs in their flying Warrant program. In fact, over 95% of their instructor pilots are Warrant Officers. The Navy will hopefully expand this program in the Strike community as well. But then again, it took the Navy over 20 years allowing their Women pilots in the strike community.
Good start Navy. Give the Flying Warrants time to prove their metal and expand the program to the max. Flying Army Warrants are 50% of their pilot force. Just make this opportunity available to civilians without any prior service. Have them meet the same standards for OCS without the college degree requirement.
Navy senior leadership have obviously given the go ahead for this program. Just let it progress and put the experience of piloting expertise in the hands of the flying Warrants. The Warrants will measure up to the job. Let the line officers lead, and let the Warrants fly their butts off.
You obviously don't understand the scope or purpose of the Navy's program. How about reading up on it before making ridiculous statements. BTW, how does one prove one's "metal?" Is that done in a foundry, or perhaps a new level of Guitar Hero?
Brett
The Army has over 50 years in working out the bugs in their flying Warrant program. In fact, over 95% of their instructor pilots are Warrant Officers. The Navy will hopefully expand this program in the Strike community as well. But then again, it took the Navy over 20 years allowing their Women pilots in the strike community.
Whatever the original intent, most regular line officers above O-3, or even O-2, get only a fraction fo teh flgiht time that the WO's do. This leads to less credibility for the Company and Battalion Commanders who lead CWO's who have 5 times the flight time into battle.
I may have spent a lot of time in the Trident Room, but I still got SOMETHING out of ASO school.Scoobs analysis is pretty close.
The biggest difference between Army and Naval Aviation. While Army aviation is an integral part of the Army, it is not one of the principal combat arms and is usually just support.
Where I am going with all this is that yes, there are lots of support roles for Army Aviation units (the lift companies and Air Ambulance), but a -58 and a -64 flying together looking for bad guys is NOT a support role.
I am pleading with those current Army Aviators on this board to correct me where I am wrong. I don't want to be responsible for spreading bad info.
I will say this though, senior Army leadership (O-6 and up) comes across as not understanding how best to use their aviation assets. Also, having done both, I think the Navy way is better overall (and I'm not just saying this to earn rep or brownie points on a Naval Aviation board). The Army way came off as just too casual sometimes.
I may have spent a lot of time in the Trident Room, but I still got SOMETHING out of ASO school.