I call BS. I graduted API in April and got to advanced in Nov. Only just now am I seeing guys from my API class show up. Vance is definitely quicker. There's no way you can compete with double and triple turning every day. By no means am I advocating the Air Force way of training, but they really sling you through.
Hey you -- you're not doing anything, now you've got a sim that starts in twenty minutes. Don't be late!
So that is 7 months from the end of API to the end of Primary?
I finished API mid August and finished Primary mid jan...that is 2 months faster.
The guys in my API class that went to Vance just solo'd recently. The guy I knew who started API ~2 months ahead of me just got down to Milton and will start advanced after me. The guy who went to Vance in my advanced class started API ~3-4 months ahead of me. (Anecdotal evidence is the best kind)
I'm sure Vance is fast...but that doesn't mean Whiting can't be faster...it is a crap shoot either way. Except when things are slow at Whiting - SNA's are drinking beers instead of sitting in some classroom reciting EP (or whatever those guys do up there for 12 hours a day).
Can't believe I am debating on the internet about Vance...I'm gonna go drink a Dead Guy Ale.