Follow on to Corpus, Whiting, Vance(!) What's the Deal?

[DanMa1156]

So, maybe a split from the thread - but overall, on a grand picture, let's say that's true, a 43 NSS is lowered to a 40 - how exactly does that effect me in API? I'm just curious.

Also, as far as housing, I'm considering a place near Escambia Bay and downtown and the Village at Southern Oaks - anyone have anything to say about the Village at Southern Oaks?

 

[punx_clever]

That would mean (and I'm guessing at the numbers here) that you are looking at maybee a 90% weighted average to pass, whereas my class was a 93% and some of the previous classes were 95%.

 

[SynixMan]

^^ Lucky you guys. Yet again, timing is everything...

 

[Swanee]

40 NSS now is probably what a 43 was a few months ago....

 

[zippy]

So, maybe a split from the thread - but overall, on a grand picture, let's say that's true, a 43 NSS is lowered to a 40 - how exactly does that effect me in API? I'm just curious.

Also, as far as housing, I'm considering a place near Escambia Bay and downtown and the Village at Southern Oaks - anyone have anything to say about the Village at Southern Oaks?

It means absolutely nothing to you... bust your ass to get 100% on every exam like the rest of your SNA peers will be doing.

 

[DanMa1156]

It means absolutely nothing to you... bust your ass to get 100% on every exam like the rest of your SNA peers will be doing.

Thaaaat's what I thought.

 

[SoCal_Warrior]

My only real advice is stay away from Pointe South Realty. They were a huge pain for quite a few of us.

I lived in Perdido and while I loved the drive to base & the uncrowded beaches I'd say downtown sounds like a good option for ya'll.

 

[Klinger]

Downtown's definitley the way to go, for all the reasons that have already been listed. You're pretty much equidistant from a lot of the fun places, and most of the bars will be walking distance.

 

[StompinNightmare]

Are there house rentals in the downtown area, or are they all apartments?

 

[SynixMan]

Are there house rentals in the downtown area, or are they all apartments?

There are houses, yeah, usually smaller ones. And some townhouses/condos.

 

[StompinNightmare]

Yeah, I realized 10 min after making that post that I could just look at the area on google maps. How's the parking situation for many of those? Looks like many if not all come with a garage, but do they fit one car or two? Anyone have issues where too many people in the house use a vehicle to the point where parking becomes an issue?

 

[Jamin'G]

One of the many facets of flight school you can't really control anyway. When I went through I really wanted to stay in Whiting, but got sent to Corpus. Turns out, that timing worked out best for selecting what I wanted to fly anyway. It all works out in the end. Good luck!

 

[SynixMan]

Yeah, I realized 10 min after making that post that I could just look at the area on google maps. How's the parking situation for many of those? Looks like many if not all come with a garage, but do they fit one car or two? Anyone have issues where too many people in the house use a vehicle to the point where parking becomes an issue?

Tough to say. A lot of the houses downtown are older joints without a garage or maybe only a one car. YMMV

 

[Wick]

We just commissioned recently and are slowly making the move to Florida... word on the block from some buddies that have already gotten down there is that they're making everybody doing primary in Milton live in BOQ. Can anyone verify that? If that's the case, living on the beach sounds a hell of a lot nicer for the short term stint through stash, IFS, and API...

 

[fc2spyguy]

That was the case a couple years ago, but then the new base CO changed it. Suppose that he could have gone back to the old policy.