Originally Posted by
Vito
Albie,
Whenever I fly with a fighter bro at UPS I'll ask about his flying experience prior to UPT and the vast majority had previous time.
Hmmm - not my experience in my circle. A lot of guys I flew with in the Eagle on AD and especially in the ANG were zero hour types (or close to it), myself included. I muddled my way through Tweets and the light bulb came on early in the T-38.
I think it boils down to the individual. Our 3000 hour commuter pilot was lucky to end up with wings. Some guys can really benefit from and apply prior flight experience without running into issue with prior habits or techniques while other clearly cannot. I would guess that there are probably less zero hour guys who make it if they don't get a light bulb moment and struggle all the way. The zero guys who shine are probably more like Forest Gump. "Damn Gump! That was the best rejoin I've ever seen, why did you fly it like that?"
"Because you told me to."
