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Ed Williams
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I'm in primary right now, and i'm no expert, but i can tell you that the Navy is over 50% helos, 10-20% heavies, and the rest is jets. I bit of advice, when it comes time to select a primary location, if you want jets, DO NOT go to whiting field. The vast majority of WF grads end up in helos. Take it for what you will. Any questions, feel free to ask
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Paul Burke
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Do you know how long that trend has been and why?
I know it's probably a bad thing that I want jets so bad. Is it really that hard to get the scores to qualify for jets? Do you get to choose where you do primary or is it assigned to you?
I know it's probably a bad thing that I want jets so bad. Is it really that hard to get the scores to qualify for jets? Do you get to choose where you do primary or is it assigned to you?
Luke, as Ed mentioned, the majority of pilot slots goes to Helos, since that is what the Navy has the most of, from there you have the Jet and Prop/E6 communities.
As for where to go for getting jets... well, I kind of get a laugh out of your comment Ed, that is the same post API rumor mill that was in force when Matt and I went through. A lot always depends on your NSS, the needs of the Navy that week, blah blah blah.... the week I selected there were guys with 49 NSSs getting to go jets. And I counted my self fortunate to get one of only 3 slots for props! Then of course there are always the weeks that there are few jet slots, and in many cases no prop or E6 slots. Just based on the fact that Whiting Field has 3 VTs, and puts out "more" students, just by that fact alone you have more jet slots. I have known people that have gone all the way to Corpus, only to turn around and come back to Whiting for Helos.
Oh well, enough here for my rambling, long day, later.
As for where to go for getting jets... well, I kind of get a laugh out of your comment Ed, that is the same post API rumor mill that was in force when Matt and I went through. A lot always depends on your NSS, the needs of the Navy that week, blah blah blah.... the week I selected there were guys with 49 NSSs getting to go jets. And I counted my self fortunate to get one of only 3 slots for props! Then of course there are always the weeks that there are few jet slots, and in many cases no prop or E6 slots. Just based on the fact that Whiting Field has 3 VTs, and puts out "more" students, just by that fact alone you have more jet slots. I have known people that have gone all the way to Corpus, only to turn around and come back to Whiting for Helos.
Oh well, enough here for my rambling, long day, later.
Ed Williams
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I actually had me Whiting indoc brief with 3 such lucky individuals who went to corpus for primary and ending up back at whiting for helos. Like john said, the primary pipeline for the NAvy is helos since there are more helos that anything else. For those wanting jets, it mainly has to do with the needs of the navy for that week. YOu can never do too bad with a bit of luck on your side. However, since Vance is now a choice for a primary location, all of the people that i've talked to said if you have your heart set on jets, go to Vance and play with the Airforce boys). Who knows.
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hey guys,
thanks for the comments thus far, but there seems to be quite a bit of disagreement. i'm getting the feeling that if you simply kick ass and have some luck then you can get a jet. i'm interested though as too how the Navy decides its needs and if they don't need any jets that week, does no one get jets? also is it possible to switch from helos to jets or from jets to helos?
thanks so much
luke
thanks for the comments thus far, but there seems to be quite a bit of disagreement. i'm getting the feeling that if you simply kick ass and have some luck then you can get a jet. i'm interested though as too how the Navy decides its needs and if they don't need any jets that week, does no one get jets? also is it possible to switch from helos to jets or from jets to helos?
thanks so much
luke
I have been told, and believe myself, that the way the powers that be decide how many jet slots are available each week depends heavily on how many people are at the the two jet training commands. Currently there are quite a few people in the so called pool waiting to begin either Intermediate T-2s or TS T-45s. The current wait for people finishing T-2s before 'heading down the hall' to Advanced is about 2-3 weeks. This itself is based on the fact that several months ago Meridian was running rather low on students, a larger number were brought up from Primary and now they are all finishing up T-2s - the problem that this creates is that they will only put 8-10 people in an Advanced class. and so on and so on. You can probably gather from this very broad generalization of the facts that jet availability is something that changes week to week and has no bearing on where you went to primary.
Finished up my Wep sims today. For those of you familiar - I had the "Z-man" back to back yesterday, oh what a joy!
jec
Finished up my Wep sims today. For those of you familiar - I had the "Z-man" back to back yesterday, oh what a joy!
jec
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Matt,
I got to speak with the CO for the F-14 rag. He told me they expect to have the tomcat flying for about the next seven to six years. because of this they expect to keep the rag open for about the next three years. However the number of pilots going through is dropping fast so who know exactly when the last class will go through.
I got to speak with the CO for the F-14 rag. He told me they expect to have the tomcat flying for about the next seven to six years. because of this they expect to keep the rag open for about the next three years. However the number of pilots going through is dropping fast so who know exactly when the last class will go through.
Here are some numbers I was given. They are projections and are not written in stone.
Navy FY02 FY03
Rotary 302 39% 302 39%
Strike 242 32% 228 30%
Multiengine 147 19% 159 21%
E2/C2 48 6% 50 7%
E-6 29 4% 26 3%
TOTAL 768 765
Marine FY02 FY03
Rotary 187 56% 181 53%
Strike 116 35% 122 35%
Multiengine 30 9% 30 9%
Tiltrotor 0 9 3%
TOTAL 333 342
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Navy FY02 FY03
Rotary 302 39% 302 39%
Strike 242 32% 228 30%
Multiengine 147 19% 159 21%
E2/C2 48 6% 50 7%
E-6 29 4% 26 3%
TOTAL 768 765
Marine FY02 FY03
Rotary 187 56% 181 53%
Strike 116 35% 122 35%
Multiengine 30 9% 30 9%
Tiltrotor 0 9 3%
TOTAL 333 342
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Paul Burke
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That's the good to know stuff right there, boy I tell you what. Where did you get it from?
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