Originally Posted by
brianb
Very, very cool. Makes you want to become a Naval/Marine Aviator all over again. What is the average flight time when these younglings fling themselves onto a carrier deck?
For someone with no prior flying experience - fellow students in my first CQ class found themselves behind the boat with less than 140 hrs.
Now that they only go to the boat ONCE before getting their wings - the numbers should be higher because they will have gone through different/additional phases of training prior to the first try at CQ (the LTjg mentions the strike det at El Centro for example)
Any prior VT IPs at Meridian or Kingsville care to chime in here with the recent numbers an SNA would go to CQ?