Originally Posted by captain_drew
I have never heard about his performance through Flight Training, but knowing how they lowered the bar when they wanted women pilots, I can guess. I picked up the story after his crime, when I had a chance to talk to a couple of his squadron mates at his VS Fleet Squadron. They were aghast that he EVER got an airline job.
An old Reserves XO of mine (an American Airlines guy that transitioned from S-3s to the Mighty Orion!!
) was in the RAG the same time Auburn was. He said Auburn was half way through the RAG when he got there and he was still there, not much beyond halfway complete, when he left for his fleet sqdn!