Originally Posted by
Liketoflyjets
The next gen USAF pilot training program put dudes from the street through 35 hours of in flight instruction in the T-6 and a large amount of low cost sim time ~ double that, and they are flying F-16's and F-35....
I find it crazy that the national average for a PPL is 80 hrs....years ago it was standard 40hr program. Solo after 10 hrs. Course it was $45/hr back then :P
And I was getting paid $3.15/hr too.
That 80 hrs national average thing was around in the mid 80s too.
guys aren’t flying -35s and -16s though with 35 hours in the T-6 and double the ‘low cost (?) sim time”