Originally Posted by
DWC CAP10 USAF
Not quite....folks get around 80-90 hours in the T-6 and another 110’ish in the T-38 (not sure of T-1 track) so they are graduating with >200hrs. Then then throw in IFF and another 8 months of FTU and then MQT at their first Ops Squadron, and they are well above 200 hours before they are actually qualified to put war-craniums on fore-craniums.
Ok, but I think you get the idea. These threads all too often seem to measure their skill levels by total time and years. I’m advocating the key is quality training, checking and operations which raises the levels of safety.