Originally Posted by
RemoveB4Flight
First, you should learn to swim because it's just a good idea.
As far as pool day for training, you don't actually have to touch the water. You just go in an inflatable raft. You can/may have to wear a life jacket in case you would fall in, but it's not a swimming day, it's a demonstration of the life raft.
we went to the pool at pan am and brought bathing suits and inflated the raft before jumping in the water and swimming into it. Had to deploy life vests as well.
that was during the height of covid…..