CBM wants to setup a pre-IPT or post-IPT immersion/seminar.
the SPs are having a really hard time transitioning to military flying because the ESA 141s basically have no standards and don’t have the same rca/rm decision making/debriefing/briefing/checklist discipline.
So for the whole 1500 pilots a year thing, that was airstaff under Welsh or Goldfein.
The AETC bobs did bring up FTU absorption and were told, it doesn’t matter, make 1500 pilots.
oh and Leard wants to cut instrument approaches from the T-6 FUPT checkride because “sps have instrument ratings.” The waiver was signed and then pulled because the 14th didn’t have a real chance to non/concur on it. All the GOs in AETC decided to do it without SME input.
Anyone from the MAF have personal experience with him? He seems to only want data that confirms his decisions.
CBM isn’t doing SGTOs because this is going to scale with no way to fail and TexanWorld at CBM is sounding the alarm.
Feedback from CBM is the students are being short changed.
Ehh, he was the one who acquiesced to Kwast to fuck up AETC and 19 AF. Shredder Sears (A2/3/10) refused to delegate his A3 authority because Kwast wanted him to focus on “force development and competencies” BS. So Shredder was sidelined and sent to the new A5/8 and Punk signed all the authority delegation memos as an O-6 deputy.
Sears got his second star because Kwast was fired.
Oh look aircraft availability is in the toilet, better give billions more to Israel and Ukraine.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/03/06/air-force-aircraft-readiness-plunges-to-new-low-alarming-chief/