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What % goes to multi-engine?

RadicalDude

Social Justice Warlord
I have friends in Kingville and Meridian who told me that they have enough volunteers to fill most spots for E2/C2 these days. For the times there is no volunteer, the selection is not so much based on performance as it is what kind of a guy you are.

yeah you better hope you make mif on "personality."
 

Renegade One

Well-Known Member
None
1 in 5 seems about right, if you assume that a Tailhook Navy Air Wing, at any given time, consists of 5 single-piloted Hornet variant or Prowler squadrons, and one multi-piloted E-2 squadron plus a multi-piloted C-2 det when deployed. I don't know what the various seat factor/pilot-load per type squadron is, but 1 in 5 still seems about as close as you could do in whole numbers.
 

mataron

Naval Aviator, VP-46
pilot
I realize Navy's needs change, but generally, among those selected for the E2/C2 pipeline, what percentage go E2 and what percentage go C2? 50-50? 90-10?
 

Wudgles

Cause I am most ill and I'm rhymin' and stealin'
pilot
I realize Navy's needs change, but generally, among those selected for the E2/C2 pipeline, what percentage go E2 and C2? 50-50? 90-10?


Another "sneaky percentage" question.

Edit: reading comprehension on my part
 

Renegade One

Well-Known Member
None
I realize Navy's needs change, but generally, among those selected for the E2/C2 pipeline, what percentage go E2 and C2? 50-50? 90-10?
Don't know (most honest answer), but if you figure there are what?…10 E-2 "fleet squadrons" in the Navy?...each operating 4-6 Hawkeyes, with a resultant 2-pilot seat factor of X (1.5? More?) per squadron, and only 2 (I think) C-2 squadrons, all operating primarily 1-plane gets (with a pilot seat factor of Y (same seat factor?) in the same air wings? You do the math.

If Vegas had a betting line on this, I'd take "E-2 overs" on the 80-20 line.

DISCLAIMER: I've never driven out of Vegas with more money that I drove in with.
 

defiant85

Registered User
None
Don't know (most honest answer), but if you figure there are what?…10 E-2 "fleet squadrons" in the Navy?...each operating 4-6 Hawkeyes, with a resultant 2-pilot seat factor of X (1.5? More?) per squadron, and only 2 (I think) C-2 squadrons, all operating primarily 1-plane gets (with a pilot seat factor of Y (same seat factor?) in the same air wings? You do the math.

If Vegas had a betting line on this, I'd take "E-2 overs" on the 80-20 line.

Right now every fleet E-2 squadron has 4 planes and is supposedly manned at 10 pilots, typically 6 or so JOs. I've seen it down to 7 pilots at several times and squadrons will loans pilots out to ensure manning for those squadrons going on cruise.

The 2 COD squadrons will send out dets for a deployed airwing and our last det had 5 JOs and 1 O-4 OIC.

On a not so distant list it was much closer to a 60-40 E-2/C-2 split for JO pilots in the fleet.
 
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