Originally Posted by
flybynuts
It's not entirely true. Just hired a harrier guy that flew T-6s at Vance, then came to TW-4 staff and got on the C-12. Once you have the jet qual no one will let you go anywhere else but jets. This was his twilight tour in Corpus and he got some love.
Marine jet types can go to Primary flight training. My old skipper at VT-6, Col Ball was a Hornet driver and we had over a half dozen Marine AV-8B and Hornet drivers....maybe one Prowler type. Rarely do I see a Navy jet guy in a primary squadron. I was E2/C2 and it's tough for us to go primary as well.
Buddy of mine, a former Harrier driver just retired out of Corpus, he flew both the C-12 and T-45. Anything is possible, even when not normal.