In my experience certain people have different learning curves, no matter how equal the snowflakes want to make us. If you fly your MF ass off for the first 4-6 years in your given MWS and pick things up fairly quickly, your probably set for life given 5-7 flights a month and time to attend squadron academics and self study. I have seen 40 year olds that couldn't start the jet correctly, so giving a frag does mean something. I also think there are a lot of people who think they are "good in the jet" and they are dismal failures, I am not one of them, I am good. (or was, story for a future post)
On a side note, CE does some good stuff, but I have to harken back to a world famous Flying Fiends Show of Colors tradition of statements in a "What if" format.
"What if" support did.