CaptainMorgan

Agreed, I met the Chief Pilot for the T-50 at the F-35 line at Navy Fort Worth about ten years ago. Lockheed was ready to go then, as opposed to the cluster we got with Boeing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe the number was for an EC-130? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dude, they will not spend the money. HAF’s priority is with other expenditures. They want the cheapest acceptable option for pilot training. It’s going to take dead bodies for them to reverse course. T-54 could be a viable option at END or CBM, but not DLF. The transition bases are just too far away for a plane with that cruise speed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I doubt the Navy has the capacity to support. There’s a reason we stopped tracking C-130s to T-44s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

T-1 is dead except for XPW at CBM and END. AMF-S (T-1 sim only) is about to be dead. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, they should have re-engined or replaced the T-1 with a comparable aircraft. They should have budgeted to buy T-6Cs, or a Tucano if they are unable to sustain the current T-6A fleet. They should have ordered T-50s instead of the dumpster fire that is the T-7. None of this would have been cost prohibitive, but it would have meant asking for more money or cutting other programs, which big blue is incapable of doing. The Air Force could make a course correction, but I don’t see that happening until they’ve suffered multiple class As that are attributed to the pathetic training that was the result of AMF-S, direct FTU, and now IPT. They won’t be quick to admit that either, something else will be found causal as mishaps occur. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Too many students were taking the VR headsets home to “chairfly” and returning with sticky controllers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You’re way too much of an optimist. The Air Force could have cut 1 B-21 and re-engined the entire T-1 fleet. Also, you’re strangely obsessed with acro… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As of now, and they’ve started it at CBM, you do IPT, an abbreviated T-6 syllabus, then track heavies or go 38s. I expect that eventually the T-6 for heavy drivers will go away. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not terrible ideas, but 5-10 years too late. The T-6 is next on the chopping block. Once IPT gets going, there won’t be a reason to repair/replace the T-6. They’ll just let it die and send IPT grads straight to the T-7 if going fighters, or the FTUs for heavy aircraft. Reservist manning won’t matter nearly as much at that point. Maybe Congress steps in, because the Reps/Senators for Enid and Columbus probably don’t want to see the loss of jobs/govt spending in their districts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No, you can’t. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Promised in writing means nothing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Have you read his book or listened to his congressional hearing, news appearances, etc? I’d say he’s far more qualified for that position than Pete is for SECDEF, or mayor Pete was for Transportation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hope Matt fires every asshat involved in his firing from sq/cc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk