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Ghosts of training past.
- Thread starter eurotrash
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I know it's waaaaayyy different now, but started Primary - 29 APR 76, last flight - 02 JUN 76. This was back when we started flying at NAS Saufley before actually being commissioned. Winged - 22 JUL 77. Last flight A-7 RAG - 18 MAR 78. First flight fleet squadron VA-86, on cruise - 01 MAR 78. Made LTJG - 01 JUN 78.
FWIW the accelerated program doesn't save much time. You may skip a couple fams and contacts but beyond that, they pretty much have you do everything else. HighDimension and I rocked RI's and they still didn't have us skip anything, and it goes without saying that it wouldn't apply to PA's/Forms
Things must've have been different then. There are 9 contacts prior to the checkride vice 12. BI sims can theoretically be done in 2 flights (more likely 3). One BI flight is cut. PAs/Forms are the same. And I was shown what they are cutting out of RIs (a bunch of stuff, but I don't remember exactly). I didn't want to be accelerated, but they are enforcing it really hard on me, so I'll suck it up and work my ass off.
Interesting, maybe they started to actually standardize the program a little bit more. I agree though, it is actually more painful at times than not......you really miss out on some experience with the accelerated program IMHO
Dang...things have really slowed down. I just completed at VT-2 in September after about 5 and 1/2 months.
Back when I went thru (Started Primary Oct 94)
T-34s- 6 months
T-2s- 4 months and a week
A-4s- 6 months
S-3 Rag- 1 yr
However, Commission to Primary- 1 year and 6 months
T-34s- 6 months
T-2s- 4 months and a week
A-4s- 6 months
S-3 Rag- 1 yr
However, Commission to Primary- 1 year and 6 months
6 is just as jacked as everyone else now. Buddy over there just got awarded a mando warmup for C40 block and it wasn't after BIs or med down etc. And everybody's mileage varies anyway. Everybody's line shack looks like an ER waiting room from time to time. Still though, nobody at Whiting can quite compare to the drag-assery that CC is experiencing.
It doesn't really have much to do with the squadrons. When it comes to the weather, it's cyclical. While Whiting is getting nailed with the daily summer thunderstorms and precip, Corpus is enjoying clear, boring weather days. In the winter when Whiting has beautiful (but cold) clear days, Corpus is socked in. In the end it pretty much balances out.
The real cause for the slowdown in Corpus? Airplanes. For a while we only had six or seven airplanes available between the two squadrons. Things have been slightly better recently, but ACNA is still the name of the game out here.
The real cause for the slowdown in Corpus? Airplanes. For a while we only had six or seven airplanes available between the two squadrons. Things have been slightly better recently, but ACNA is still the name of the game out here.
Yeah, it's not really the squadrons' blame. There have been beautiful clear days once or twice in December and on one of those days I was ACNA'd. On that particular day, there were only like 7 available planes for two squadrons with each squadron having 50+ events scheduled for the day. It also sucks getting caught up on warm-ups. You don't fly for a couple weeks due to aircraft issues and weather and by time everybody gets their warm-up flight, it's been several weeks and warm-ups are needed again.
VT-2.......6 mo 23 days (check-in to selection)
Worst thread ever.