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IFS - What should I expect?
- Thread starter rossaholman
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Day XXXXX in the fleet
Arrive at 0615 to post as ODO (to include making coffee for the grumpy field grade)
give various ODO briefs throughout the morning
1300ish get relieved as ODO
1300-1730 pulling hair out working my ground job (no time for PT)
1730-2300 flight plan for tomorrows flight....which btw I'm not flying
I'd say that's leaning towards the slow side of a "typical" day.
Enjoy every minute of IFS and flight school!
Oh and Echo4, that's good ****, keep up the postings.
Arrive at 0615 to post as ODO (to include making coffee for the grumpy field grade)
give various ODO briefs throughout the morning
1300ish get relieved as ODO
1300-1730 pulling hair out working my ground job (no time for PT)
1730-2300 flight plan for tomorrows flight....which btw I'm not flying
I'd say that's leaning towards the slow side of a "typical" day.
Enjoy every minute of IFS and flight school!
Oh and Echo4, that's good ****, keep up the postings.
teufelsurfer
Helos in Paradise
doing IFS BEFORE TBS to me is a bad idea- you think the corps is going to be all fun and games and full of 4 hour days until you hit day 1 at TBS.
Manassass has newer equiptment (apparently) and they are better structured than quantico. Quantico relies heavily on the IFS program to stay alive IMO. My instructor at Q was awesome, taught me tons, but fellow LT's said they learned very little. It may just be the less-tightly structured nature of civilian flight vs. military instruction. Yes, it's fun to go to manassass to get out of TBS for a while.
However I will say there are few more thrilling times in my life as when I heard tower say to a white-top(executive transport helo) "Nighthawk 1, make way for single Cessna 152 on short final for runway 02". Or being told by tower, "Cessna, be advised, traffic is two V-22s passing left to right" and seeing two Ospreys in formation come in for a landing, back when most Marines had never even seen an osprey in real life.
Manassass has newer equiptment (apparently) and they are better structured than quantico. Quantico relies heavily on the IFS program to stay alive IMO. My instructor at Q was awesome, taught me tons, but fellow LT's said they learned very little. It may just be the less-tightly structured nature of civilian flight vs. military instruction. Yes, it's fun to go to manassass to get out of TBS for a while.
However I will say there are few more thrilling times in my life as when I heard tower say to a white-top(executive transport helo) "Nighthawk 1, make way for single Cessna 152 on short final for runway 02". Or being told by tower, "Cessna, be advised, traffic is two V-22s passing left to right" and seeing two Ospreys in formation come in for a landing, back when most Marines had never even seen an osprey in real life.
teufelsurfer
Helos in Paradise
jamnww said:
I asked for the last IFS class available. Spent all summer hanging out in DC and doing MCMAP (was working on my black belt when i finally started IFS). A great paid vacation after graduating from TBS. I remember talking to the first class that was doing IFS BEFORE tbs and the guys were going to manassass, saying "oh man being a pilot is awesome, we're there like half the day then we take the rest of the day off! And I get to wear whatever I want! TBS is cool! I'm so glad I'm an air contract!" And I'm thinking "wow... rude awakening in three... two... one..."
/slight exaggeration
usmcecho4 said:
Teufel and Echo,
Do you gents see any advantage in pre TBS IFS if you're not going to be able to get PTAD. I'm older than the trees (for a flight contract) and I think I just want to start drawing pay and benefits. It'd also save me having to work at frickin' Home Depot or something in the meantime.
Semper Fi, Doc