Thread: UPT "today" vs "yesterday"
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Old 11-10-2008, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by HercDriver130 View Post
Just wondering what the consensus is of those on the board. I graduated from UPT 87-03 Jan 1987 at Willy. A friend of mine ( retired F-4/F-16 ) guy is a sim instructor at a UPT base. He contends that washing a guy out of UPT today nearly takes an act of congress. Further, that guys are given repeated chances over and over and over again. My own experience albeit some 22 years ago is of a program that was generally very unforgiving... i.e... three hooked events in a row and you were sitting "casual" ( waiting for reassignment) note: my class had a 60% washout rate!! ....... So what says the board today?
In my class (Reese 90-09), we had 5 of 25 wash out. Since then, I've done two three-years tours as a UPT instructor ('94-'97 & '00-'03), and I can't remember five guys total washing out.

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