Originally Posted by
Max Relax Roll
I was selected for flight training in the USAF based on my grades, interaction with my ROTC cadre, and various aptitude tests and programs designed by the DoD to select candidates with a high probability of success. At no point did I get into an airplane and demonstrate an ability to fly, interact with a crew, or solve a problem. Doesn't that sound like an ab initio program?
I'm not drawing a line between SUPT and gateway 7, I'm just pointing out that ab initio isn't as foreign to many of us as we imagine it is. Guys are going kinetic in theater with 300 hours of flight time. Is that not perhaps at least a jumping off point for a discussion about guys at 1,500 acting as a F/O on a 100-seat airliner?
I guess you really just don't get it. Military flight training turns out guys in which most upgrade on a heavy complex airplanes with around 800 hours total and do flights with a mission in between point A and B. Most are instructors by 1500 hours. The training of the two programs are completely different and not comparable. Is JB using a similar selection process? Yes. At 1500 hours will you be the same as a military guy with 1500 hours or a regional guy that has 5000 hours flying up and down the east coast dealing with busy airports, delays, diverts, weather, passenger and mechanical emergencies? No.
Do what you want. If you want to do this program go for it. Congrats on being selected.