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01-22-2022 | 04:20 PM

#21

Meme In Command

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The only "trend" I have noticed, and this is purely anecdotal, is that Army helicopter guys seem to almost always end up in the Phenom.

03-08-2022 | 08:49 AM

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BurninJetA

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iPads??

How soon before indoc do they send you your iPad? Did it just show up randomly at your house?

03-08-2022 | 10:53 AM

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DiamondDriver

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Originally Posted by BurninJetA

How soon before indoc do they send you your iPad? Did it just show up randomly at your house?

I don’t believe you get your iPad until the first day of class. It has your airplane already loaded onto it, and they try to keep the information hidden until class.

03-08-2022 | 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DiamondDriver

I don’t believe you get your iPad until the first day of class. It has your airplane already loaded onto it, and they try to keep the information hidden until class.

But it sounds like the first couple days of class are virtual now and largely about setting up your technology? Or does it not include that device?

03-08-2022 | 11:30 AM

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BurninJetA

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Originally Posted by Fyziksisphun

But it sounds like the first couple days of class are virtual now and largely about setting up your technology? Or does it not include that device?

Yeah I heard they have been sending them out but haven’t heard when.

03-08-2022 | 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BurninJetA

Yeah I heard they have been sending them out but haven’t heard when.

Friend started a couple weeks ago. Phone arrives with "welcome package" prior to first day of virtual indoc. IPads given out on first day of in person indoc in Dallas.

03-14-2022 | 02:08 AM

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BurninJetA

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Anyone heard about the latest aircraft assignments have been? I hear the Phenom sims are largely backed up.

03-14-2022 | 07:23 AM

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FRAC

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BurninJetA

Anyone heard about the latest aircraft assignments have been? I hear the Phenom sims are largely backed up.

My guess is with the new raises a lot of pilots that bypassed the phenom are taking the upgrades now. Hopefully new hires can easily get into the Legacy and Challenger now.

03-14-2022 | 05:13 PM

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BurninJetA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FRAC

My guess is with the new raises a lot of pilots that bypassed the phenom are taking the upgrades now. Hopefully new hires can easily get into the Legacy and Challenger now.

So do you think this is gonna sky rocket upgrade times? Or is there still a large gap to fill?

03-14-2022 | 06:49 PM

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My guess is with the new raises a lot of pilots that bypassed the phenom are taking the upgrades now. Hopefully new hires can easily get into the Legacy and Challenger now.

There are still quite a few Challenger/Praetor FOs who have bypassed and I don't see them jumping to the Phenom unless the seat lock is greatly reduced in writing because upgrade times to the Challenger/Praetors are already so low you're likely to be stuck in the Phenom while others less junior to you will upgrade to the DRL fleets first. If they amend the seat lock to something more reasonable then I see people jumping to Phenom PIC positions otherwise I don't see the current trend changing. People like myself with families who need more cash sooner rather than later will go to the Phenom and those who can afford to stay in the larger cabins will continue to do so. IMHO.