YoungnDumb

Talking with a buddy who recently left there FAIP's are almost the only way they get IP's at Laughlin anymore, guess there has a been a large number of 7 day opts following the notice they're headed to KDLF.

There is a mentality at UPT of "well person X will just be a co-pilot and will have the AC looking over their shoulder, so I'll pass them." When asked what about when Stan becomes an AC, the response is usually "the community will see their weak and prevent it," or "well they'll have had more time in the air by then." Seen it plenty of times, it's the excuse to avoid hurting someones feelings.

^What he said, the T-6 canopy was never an issue except the stupid hooks. If I recall correctly it weighed in the vicinity of 400lbs, never had anyone struggle to open it.

Is this your subtle way of saying you're coming back...again?

Did I not layer the sarcasm on think enough for you? I'm actually very excited the AF is finally replacing the -38, and also very curious to watch its development.

$10 says it's IOC is closer to 10 years, any takers?

Nah, proper engine out procedures/emergency handling can be learned at FTU where it's cheaper right? And why do we need this new aircraft anyways? Pilot Training Next showed that you can just do VR and a T-6. /sarcasm

^What this person said. I will say that doing a basic workout 2-3 per week helps a lot, there is a component to the g's but really it helps clear your nugget and help keep off the weight of energy drinks and popcorn.

Pretty sure this doesn't disqualify you from being a pilot...

I hear if you say innovate enough your OPR writes itself and a General gets another star

When I left KEND only 6-9 of the jets were fixed, so things may have changed but given that it took 3.5 years to get that many fixed I'm not confident.

But when your personal life involves banging your professional life at work when explicitly told not too, there is a bit of an issue.

Do one or two flights and enjoy flying then spend the rest of the money on having a good time, you'll need those memories to remind you that the rest of the world is fun when you're stuck in Enid or Del Rio for UPT or longer

Wonder if this will speed up the seat cartridge fixes, glad they're okay

$hit, even if we decided on the TX now, we'll be Generals by the time it gets approved...then it'll be someone elses problem to do the testing, so yea I guess it is up to us to approve them!

That sucks, that's about the only thing that made instrument sorties bearable

^yup. At SOS everything the Generals discussed during our lectures was "our problem to solve." When asked why, since they've ID'ed the problem so why don't they get to fixing it, the response was "we're all retiring soon and you are the future of the AF, so come up with a solution." Great leadership.

Any front seat rides left in the new syllabus for the IP's or is it back seat only?

The ejection seat cartridges have been broken for almost 4 years now, so I'm not surprised this issue is on the same timeline.

This attitude kills me. So when are they expected to recover the aircraft with a serious EP? T-6's? T-38's? F-16's? When does it become "real"? I love how farmer bob getting his PPL has a higher expectation of emergency landings than USAF pilot training.

Damn. And the pendulum swing continues

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But they still did simulated engine failure training if I remember correctly.

Fair enough, but by getting rid of ELP's you also cut something like 2/3's of the boldface. So the bigger issue for me is the AF"s lack of give $hit in regards to emergencies. EP sims are now basically pointless as you're just having the student fly up initial/do a straight in. This is basically telling them, "just fly normal, EP's aren't that big of a deal." Standup for instance- SP loses engine, ejects. That's it. Why bother analyzing or doing anything else when they can just eject (and that's what they're told to do)? And because of this I foresee EP training at large falling by the wayside, because if the AF isn't taking it seriously why should the future IP's? If they take the stance of "it's not that big of a deal" with them as students, it will come back when they come back as IP's. So again my main issue is that it downplays the importance of emergency training. Define great return on instructional investment. I always saw them as great instructional moments in regards to energy management that I could then apply to later lessons whether it be aerobatics or regular patterns. If your point is that I walked away from a SP sortie going "yup, he's going to WIC becuase of that ELP" then sure there isn't a return. What is a great return on instructional investment to you? The thing you're missing is that they weren't cut because students weren't learning or that they weren't making them better pilots, they were cut to help the timeline, nothing more nothing less. And to think otherwise is folly. I know this because I was at the meetings where they told us this, they want quantity not quality. Thanks for blowing some sunshine up my a$$, was having a bad day but your last remark totally brightened it!

Almost like ELP's do...weird...