jon_yelverton
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so i want to go aircrew. i'm an AE right now, with only a few months in rate. is it true i have to be an AE for two years before i can go AW? if so, does anybody know the pub thats from?
so i want to go aircrew. i'm an AE right now, with only a few months in rate. is it true i have to be an AE for two years before i can go AW? if so, does anybody know the pub thats from?
The AW rating is in the process of a merger with all aviation aircrew rates. On P-3's AW's in the rate now will be known as AWO's, the IFTs will be AWV's and the FE's will be known as AWF's. If you are new in your current rate you will probably not be allowed to straight convert to AW (or AWO), but will apply in your current rate and then fall into the merger as it applies to you.....
The V's and F's will work in dedicated IFT and FE shops rather than AE, AT, AM, etc. This is how VP used to be years ago. Soon, when V's and F's come in as initial accessions, they will not go to AT, AE, AM class (A) schools, but specific AWV/AWF (A) schools. These will be more aircrew specific, vise turning wrenches, with a more generalized maintenance overview. When MMA comes on line, the FE's and IFT's will be phased out of VP.Will the Vs and Fs still work in their shops, or will they go more to what the current AW shop tends to look like?
The C-2 community is working on the AW conversion too. All our aircrew are going to transition from AT/AE/AD/AM/AME, etc to just AW. I haven't heard about AWV/AWF, etc yet though. From my understanding the AW's in the C-2 community will do some time in each shop to become familiar as a jack of all trades on the road tech.
Of course the transition has been delayed a few times already, but as of now it will go down in April.
The V's and F's will work in dedicated IFT and FE shops rather than AE, AT, AM, etc. This is how VP used to be years ago. Soon, when V's and F's come in as initial accessions, they will not go to AT, AE, AM class (A) schools, but specific AWV/AWF (A) schools. These will be more aircrew specific, vise turning wrenches, with a more generalized maintenance overview. When MMA comes on line, the FE's and IFT's will be phased out of VP.
We actually have a couple of AWF's training in the FRS now. They were originally helo crewmen. The merger of helo crewman into the AW rate is complete.
Do they plan on making these guys full systems CDI/CDQARs? There was a lot of that in the LAMPS community because of the det concept.
Brett
The AW rating is in the process of a merger with all aviation aircrew rates. On P-3's AW's in the rate now will be known as AWO's, the IFTs will be AWV's and the FE's will be known as AWF's. If you are new in your current rate you will probably not be allowed to straight convert to AW (or AWO), but will apply in your current rate and then fall into the merger as it applies to you.....