DARPA Banks on Robot Copilots
11-10-2016, 10:25 AM
#2
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: window seat
Posts: 12,522
Originally Posted by NMuir
11-12-2016, 02:50 AM
#3
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2013
Posts: 91
Originally Posted by gloopy
If they really need pilots, they can reform training so it doesn't cost 2 million dollars a pop with a 60% washout rate just to train 737, 767, DC9 and Gulfstream pilots.
11-12-2016, 03:16 AM
#4
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 2,297
Originally Posted by ColoradoAviator
60% washout rate? Where? Nothing like that in the current USAF pipeline. I doubt the sister services are that high either.
11-12-2016, 06:07 AM
#5
Moderate Moderator
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: Curator at Static Display
Posts: 5,681
Two-three years ago, the washout/dropout rate in flight screening (DA-20s at Pueblo) was 30-35%.
In T-6s, another 15-ish% would drop in the first two months. About 10% more would not make it through T-6s.
T-1 track: washouts almost unheard of. I think I heard of ONE in15 years.
T-38s: low; I'd guess 5% washout. More likely is failure to fighter-qualify (about 10-15%), or failure in IFF (about 10-20% historically). I've heard that guys are making it now that might have failed in the past due to the pilot shortage.
But the overall washout rate is more like 35-40%, not 5%.
In T-6s, another 15-ish% would drop in the first two months. About 10% more would not make it through T-6s.
T-1 track: washouts almost unheard of. I think I heard of ONE in15 years.
T-38s: low; I'd guess 5% washout. More likely is failure to fighter-qualify (about 10-15%), or failure in IFF (about 10-20% historically). I've heard that guys are making it now that might have failed in the past due to the pilot shortage.
But the overall washout rate is more like 35-40%, not 5%.
11-20-2016, 10:49 AM
#6
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,273
Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
Two-three years ago, the washout/dropout rate in flight screening (DA-20s at Pueblo) was 30-35%.
In T-6s, another 15-ish% would drop in the first two months. About 10% more would not make it through T-6s.
T-1 track: washouts almost unheard of. I think I heard of ONE in15 years.
T-38s: low; I'd guess 5% washout. More likely is failure to fighter-qualify (about 10-15%), or failure in IFF (about 10-20% historically). I've heard that guys are making it now that might have failed in the past due to the pilot shortage.
But the overall washout rate is more like 35-40%, not 5%.
In T-6s, another 15-ish% would drop in the first two months. About 10% more would not make it through T-6s.
T-1 track: washouts almost unheard of. I think I heard of ONE in15 years.
T-38s: low; I'd guess 5% washout. More likely is failure to fighter-qualify (about 10-15%), or failure in IFF (about 10-20% historically). I've heard that guys are making it now that might have failed in the past due to the pilot shortage.
But the overall washout rate is more like 35-40%, not 5%.
11-25-2016, 10:37 AM
#7
Line Holder
Joined APC: May 2014
Position: EZ on rudders, not a C-130...
Posts: 27
Originally Posted by gloopy
You can bet that to any extent this comes to fruition it'll be orders of magnitude more expensive than a 2LT/WO1 sitting there.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
