[NAS Whiting training info]

Just got offered the possibility of flying at either Laughlin or Whiting (T-6). Being a prior Laughlin T-6 FAIP, I'm knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the base/syllabus/life style. Can anyone enlighten me on the Navy version of T-6 life?

careful sky_king

czecksikhs might not be informed on the recent version of this so called "good deal"

now that the T-34 is gone life is a lot different at whiting

you can expect to be scheduled to fly AT LEAST TWICE everyday

even as a second or third assignment guy because this place has no faips.

and its not all "loops over the beach"

there is no class system for the students and IPs

so as soon as your student solos...guess what

the next day you get a brand new kid and its back to square one

overall you fly about 85% early contact sorties 15% the rest of the syllabus

two civilians run all scheduling and they don't respect anyone and schedule you outside of your crew day all the time.

you really have to game the system to have any quality of life at all.

otherwise they just run you into the ground.

actual navy flying and rules are chill and ARAMP1 is right about how nobody gives two sh*ts about haircuts or uniform standards.

oh yeah one more thing

weekends are mandatory flying AT MINIMUM once a month

and you don't get monday off afterward

[Palace Chase info]

FF thanks for the info.

do you know if we can continue using TA up until DOS or is that privilege lost as soon as we are approved?