Don’t put much stock in where the pilots are coming from. Most are coming from rotary wing, just because it is going to replace the CH-46 and 53D. And for those doubters, we have about twice as many applicants as slots for the next board. We also have a few Harrier and F-18 guys here, with more coming.
In your logbook, it just says MV-22 and how many hours. As far as translating that into civilian time, the FAA has to come up with that. The V-22 is, however, an airplane that flies like a helo, not a helo that flies like a f/w. Our squadrons will be VMMs, not HMMs. The syllabus for boot pilots will accordingly be heavier in multiengine prop than in helo. There is some inconsistency in some regards, such as the fact that we are r/w in the bonus msg. That’s to be expected, since no one knows how to treat us.