landing grades at the boat

[airgreg]

Reading an issue of "The Hook" and came upon this quote w/ respect to landing grades at the boat:

"...in the air wing with a 3.3 GPA and a 93 percent boarding rate."

4 pts for an OK-3? I assume the boarding rate indicates the number of bolters/waveoffs.
Could someone who has been there & done that break down the grading system? thanks.

V/R

 

[bunk22]

Reading an issue of "The Hook" and came upon this quote w/ respect to landing grades at the boat:

"...in the air wing with a 3.3 GPA and a 93 percent boarding rate."

4 pts for an OK-3? I assume the boarding rate indicates the number of bolters/waveoffs.
Could someone who has been there & done that break down the grading system? thanks.

V/R

Wave-off = 1.0
Bolter = 2.5
No grade = 2.0
Fair = 3.0
OK = 4.0
_OK_ = 5.0

You can have a combination as well, such as a no grade bolter (1.0). There is a wave-off pattern as well (2.0 I believe) and a very bad pass, meaning a cut pass which is 0.0.

Your boarding rate is simply the percentage of traps to bolters.

 

[airgreg]

Thanks Bunk, good stuff.

 

[kmac]

2.0 for the no grade bolter. Trust me, I know. And how exactly do you do a cut pass in the Cod?

 

[bunk22]

2.0 for the no grade bolter. Trust me, I know. And how exactly do you do a cut pass in the Cod?

You're right, typo on my part. Remember kmac, I'm an O-4........thus never wrong I have never had a cut pass (knock on wood) but it has happened, twice I've heard of it in the RAG. Tough since our planes (E-2C's as well) have that instant thrust to get us out of a bad situation.

 

[airgreg]

Cut pass?

 

[Jedj]

cut pass - "gross deviations inside the wave off window"

 

[kmac]

If you go idle in the wires you're apparently supposed to get a cut pass. Most of my passes though end up being (flight) idle in the wires since we get a lot of lift crossing the deck (big wings). That's one situation why Bunk says it's hard to get a cut pass since we can add power even on the deck and get flying again.

 

[airgreg]

thanks for the answers guys. Anyone want to post their landing grades for the rest of the world to see? :icon_tong

 

[Schnugg]

Cut pass....

AKA...a Gash!

But that's old school....

 

[SteveG75]

Cut passes... idle in the wires, taxi one wire, boards in the wires... what else?

Not waving off when directed and trapping.