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Might be worth asking this:

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Ski3

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Seems the Navy platform selection follows a predictable path, so my question is this:

Does anyone know what the trend will be when it comes to the "needs of the Navy" say around November '03? I will get out of OCS in Feb (I hope!), and I am guessing I should be done with API and primary by November (again, I hope, since I did not even start OCS yet!). I am guessing these things are hard to predict, but maybe someone in the training pipeline or the fleet has heard rumors.

...and another quick question - how many E6B Mercury slots are there per year, and what pipeline do these guys follow?

Jack
 
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I can't answer you as to what the rumors are. But there is a very good journal out there of a guy that went E6B. He talks about all his training, I THINK he went to T-1's and trained with the Air Force. I can't remember where that journal was though.

"praying to the SNA board gods couldn't hurt...."
 
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SKI3:
"the needs of the navy", those are the infernal words that have struck fear in the hearts of many aviators an officer candidates alike, as for judging where they might be in say 6-8 months it's pretty hard to say. It's all a matter of timing, luck, and overall motivation.

If you have questions about the e-6b and the training pipeline associated with it, you're best bet is to check our Dave Werner's site, he pretty much set the mark for online journals back in '98 and i think John likes him cause he's a fellow Gator. Anyway he went on to fly the E-6 but because there are so few squadrons the competition for those slots is extremely demanding. anyway...good luck http://members.aol.com/daveuf96/Journal.htm



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Ski3

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Thanks guys, I understood it was a long shot, but I figured what the hell.

"he went to T-1's and trained with the Air Force"

Welp, scratch E6Bs then. :) I saw that webpage before, but lost the URL - thanks.
 
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Ski3

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Guess I just wanted to hear:

Wow! Talked to some guy today, and he said that from July to December of '03 its gonna be all jets!

:)
 
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