Tweet.........thanks for all the info. So, it's like most of us had feared talking about it in the office. Us (ATC Stan/Eval) and the DOT (syllabus) guys hated the idea and the problems we could see coming for the "user". The safety guys had concerns about the prop but the requirements guys told us to shutup and color, it was way above our paygrade. In the end, the Navy went behind our backs and basically told the Sec of Defense that if they wanted
J PATS (which they did) it had to be the PC-9. And that's the story as I knew it when I retired in '95.
If you find out a date for a final ceremony, put it on here or pm me please. I retired as the US SNR at ENJJPT (my 3rd tweet tour) and would love to see the ceremony.
Ferd
PS.........I'm not surprised that the production model doesn't perform as well as the demo version
