Post '70s. We didn't have.Pretty sure it has been around for a lot longer than that
I never even saw what my NSS was. On the day of primary graduation one of the instructors walked in, told us what aircraft we got, and left.
False.You make your own luck in flight school.
As you continue just anecdotally you will see that NSS is actually a pretty decent predictor of how good an aviator someone is. You will see exceptions where it just clicks for someone later but generally the same people who struggle through flight school and the FRS will struggle through SFWT in the fleet.
Going to expand on that?False.
BLUF: you make your own luck, but the flight school gods do have a sayThe only reason I disagree is because I knew a SNA who lived in the sim. He had more sim hours and study time than reserve instructors had in their fleet aircraft. He literally taught me to do the entire contacts that I got 5s and the fact he wasn’t even close to 50 was indicative of the squadron’s MIF monsters getting scheduled with him a few too many times. He deserves strike from a work ethic perspective as well. I can say from studying with him, he knew the T6 more than I ever did yet it’s some bad luck with timing and IPs that landed him Helos.