No clue. But I hope not. Too many pilots can "fly instruments" and can't "fly" worth a shit.Of those hours, is there more emphasis on the instrument portion?
My impression is there was a lot less emphasis on formation than I remember.
No clue. But I hope not. Too many pilots can "fly instruments" and can't "fly" worth a shit.Of those hours, is there more emphasis on the instrument portion?
Seems fairly similiar to Navy for t6's, I had about 50 in the t44 and 100 in the t45, but spread out over 3ish yearsMy kid graduated with 65 hours in the T-6 and 72 hours in the T-1 during the 52 week AF UPT course.
I felt like t6 was more an exposure to form, we got a lot more and actualy got comfortable flying form in the 45My impression is there was a lot less emphasis on formation than I remember.
I winged in 2014 with about 75 hours in the T6B and 125 hours in the TH-57. That was over a span of about 16 months.
In the current climate/situation, yes. Not speaking historical. Double especially for anyone who has a diversity attribute.Makes sense. I found the "almost non-existent" to be pretty sweeping, but my only experience was orange and white land.
Not much has changed @Gatordev. CAT I -60R syllabus is still roughly 60 hours. The bulk of tactics is done in the sim.That's not that far off from the T-34 syllabus, as well. I had 110 hours out of the VTs, but I also did all my Primary RI sims in the aircraft, so that boosted my numbers.
@HuggyU2 I don't know which track the T-1 syllabus is, but 60 hours isn't a big number so I can understand your trepidation. Then again, to learn to fly the -60B, I had 60-ish hours, but there was a lot of sim time on top of that. I think the -60R flight time is about the same for a CAT 1...maybe plus a couple for the TAC flights.
You're not wrong.In the current climate/situation, yes. Not speaking historical. Double especially for anyone who has a diversity attribute.
No clue. But I hope not. Too many pilots can "fly instruments" and can't "fly" worth a shit.
My impression is there was a lot less emphasis on formation than I remember.
@HuggyU2 I am in Columbus, Indiana this week with 35 active duty AF E-3, 4, 5's (all with 4 year degrees) and 1/2 Lt, Capt's from non pilot career fields. All these folks have already applied to OTS / UPT and did not make the cut. These youngsters will get 10+ hours of dual instruction in a CAP Cessna + a full FAR compliant ground school signed off by CFI's. AETC funded Red Bird training devices are also on-site. After completion, AETC advisors will assist with reapplication and 90% of these people will get OTS (if they are E's) and UPT. The CFI's ae almost exclusively retired AF types and are proudly passionate volunteers.You're not wrong.
Back in 2020, UPT tried and "America's Class" of students. IIRC, it had around 8 women and 8 minorities out of about 28 students. The goal was to see if this would change anything.
I don't know how it worked out and I don't know if they are still doing something similar.
The previous Chief had some comments of note back in 2018: https://www.airforcemag.com/Goldfein-Solutions-for-the-Pilot-Crisis-Center-on-Diversity/
After completion, AETC advisors will assist with reapplication and 90% of these people will get OTS (if they are E's) and UPT.
What do you expect to learn from cones?…(yes, we will ask UPT studs about their IPs who are rushing our unit).
Haha... enough to make a difference on whether they get hired in the unit.What do you expect to learn from cones?
Don't remember. But more. And a lot more solo time.How many hours was it prior? Did your son get a lot of simulator time? Sorry for all the questions, pretty curious about this
Dear God. Better not hurt some kid’s fee-fees too much while I teach him how to not kill himself. Is there something I’m missing?Haha... enough to make a difference on whether they get hired in the unit.
My kid is a Guardsman, a prior Navigator, and has been commissioned almost 8 years. There are a few IP's that will never be invited to that Guard unit. And at least one that will get a sterling letter of recommendation.
Don't piss off a Guard cone.
As a matter of fact, there is.Is there something I’m missing?