I don't really know. I hope that gets asked at the Flag Panel at Hook. I intend to ask during my upcoming training track too.
Is it now making more of a difference since the precept % has gone down? Since the % is now lower are the lower # of competitive fitreps a 13XX could have before the board now an issue? I'd wager that fleet average for 13XXs is two competitive fitreps before the board. A few folks may have three. Or is it simply that Naval Aviation is overmanned?The problem I see with this "SWOs get DH earlier" theory is that none of this is new - always been that way. I have a difficult time seeing the board precepts being interpreted through that lens "all of a sudden."
Very good chance ??? If I was a JO, I would storm the joint and make sure everyone knew it was better than a "good chance" that your voice was heard. You folks own the future . . .Word on the street is that there is a very good chance that there will be a JO panel just before the Flag panel . . .
Well, half of them do.Very good chance ??? If I was a JO, I would storm the joint and make sure everyone knew it was better than a "good chance" that your voice was heard. You folks own the future . . .
I'm not ready to blame "the SWO's get DH earlier" as much as I think the precept guidance may have been an issue.
But, the number of 1310/1320's selected, although on the low end, seems to be within the norm (total number, not % selected). To make it worse, there were more IZ than there traditionally have been, thus lowering the % selected. YG04 is big and zones have been monkeyed around with the last few years. All this makes for a "Perfect Storm".