zaurus Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Upon selecting C-12, do you have ANY military instructor pilots throughout the IERW & IEFW course in the pilot seat with you? And from what I understand, it's official now, no solo time whatsoever in IERW/IEFW. Does that mean you always fly with an instructor? Or can you fly with a stick buddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuffinMan Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Working off 2 year old info but I believe it's still accurate. Correct there is no solo, you always fly with an IP and have a stick buddy. During all flights you or your stick buddy will be sitting in the back seat and you'll swap out halfway through the flight. This carries over to IEFW as well. All IPs are contractor through both IERW and IEFW and I don't believe that has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaurus Posted December 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 That being the case with civilian instructors, you earn your fixed wing rating and military wings without any military flight instructors. How interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedude Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, zaurus said: That being the case on civilian instructors, you earn your fixed wing rating and military wings without any military flight instruction. It's possible to do that in the rotary wing courses as well with retired DAC instructors for advanced airframes. It really doesn't make a difference anyway, getting your wings is just the beginning and you really aren't a safe or competent pilot when you leave flight school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaurus Posted December 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Since you are only trained in thinking as a copilot, you need not be too competent in flight school. Now, I can see why the pass rate is so high. You have no responsible as a flight student. It's always in the instructors hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nil5038 Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 6:26 PM, zaurus said: Since you are only trained in thinking as a copilot, you need not be too competent in flight school. Now, I can see why the pass rate is so high. You have no responsible as a flight student. It's always in the instructors hands. Speaking of abilities straight out of flight school...you hear he navy is considering removing carrier qualifications from their curriculum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaurus Posted December 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 Just read that yesterday. They will be getting a replacement for the T-45 in 5-6 years. Wonder if they select the AF T-7A? I doubt it but it could save money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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