Mostly for cadets. The are fully paid flight training programs for Private Pilot and Instrument. Adult members have a subsidized program to CFI. Funded by the AF. The AF believes the pool of new pilots in US is a strategic, big picture capability.
I wonder how many commands aren’t already doing this. Every command I’ve ever been a part of offers a 72 at worst, or a 96 typically. (Deployment notwithstanding).
This is a thing for the civilians. Military can set the rules you mentioned.
Ah that makes sense.
That is actually a good point. You often hear about the idea of a country having a large pool of young men familiar with military skills to draw upon if needed (like guns) but having a large pool of civilian pilots is also a good idea.
From an airshow in the early 2010s where someone was thumbing through the NATOPS manual. Can get a sense of some of the differences.
Thanks. Instead of white noise, I'll be playing this video on loop prior to bedtime.
Meanwhile, 53s are replacing the MFCD with tablets
That panel is just so much legacy 'suck'. Analog BDHI, 1960's era CDI (ID-351) is just absurd/obscene. Every USAF aircraft since the T-38 has had a integrated electro mechanical HSI with both bearing pointers, glideslope, and course indicaton displayed relative to heading and DME/distance to give a "horizontal situation" display. NAVAIR has made the worst choices on cockpit instrumentation.
What time of the day to you shift one station to the right, and add ice?
So you’re flying drones from home? 🤣🤣🤣
