thrombolli

If your RIP says you start May 31, youll show up and inprocess May 30. I'm a recent graduate of IFS (as in graduated a few days ago). I had absolutely zero hours, never read any gouge before I came, and I did just fine. I would say, yes, you're a little paranoid haha. IMO studying gouge before you come wont get you very far, raw knowledge here about local flying procedures isn't good enough...you have to be able to APPLY that knowledge to real-world phyical motions in the airplane and over time create muscle memory. The only way you can acheive that is to actually be in Pueblo flying a da20 or using your imagination in a da20 cockpit trainer(both are equally as important). What I'm trying to say is the things that will make you the best IFS pilot are not available until you get to IFS. During the first week of academics they'll say "study those quizzes and chair fly when you can." I say absolutely YES STUDY THOSE QUIZZES!! but chairflying BEFORE you do your dollar ride is absolutely rediculous, foolish, and a waste of time. I would say just know your Bold Face and Ops Limits really well, try to memorize some of the black ones if possible, and also memorize the phrase "FUEL PUMP - ON, MIXTURE - FULL RICH" you will say and use it ALL the time. Other than that, you can't do much before you come, getting flight time in helps im sure, but like you said "I'll show up ready to learn, help others where I can, and give it my all." THAT'S the best thing you can do. just do your thing and you'll be fine. It might be hard, but you'll realize you actually prefer it that way. You get to fly airplanes for free everyday for goodness sake, how bad can it be?