Arkbird
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Ahh. ARTEMIS making issues? That sucks. Hopefully they can find a workaround for it because if you have RPA hours, today would be the last day to update them for your PCSM according to the PSDM.
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I realized where you guys are wrong. The PSDM says "Hours accrued during IFT can be logged in your civilian flight log; hours earned through CSO/RPA/ABM training cannot be added to your civilian logbook to boost your PCSM score. " Again, RPA hours can and do count toward your PCSM score. You all misinterpreted the verbiage.
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I don't think the board cared about 500 hours and no ratings. They could see I was an RPA Pilot when I applied via my AF Form 215 and other application materials.
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That might be a new thing but when I applied, it was explicitly allowed via a memo or maybe the PSDM that said RPA hours can count toward PCSM score. Just to add more evidence, if you check out the candidate worksheet on the PCSM website, question 14 asks how you received your hours and one of the ways is RPA. And here is a screenshot my records:
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I was. '19-22 at Creech.
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Mine counted for them.
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Mine did.
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RPA?
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I thought it was an interesting change of direction as well. I'm guessing their requirements have changed? I don't think the Dassault is near as rugged as the wolfhound but maybe they don't need as much as something with more range and speed?
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I'm hearing they're looking to retire the -146. I've heard the school house is closed/closing and that they're moving to the Dassault Falcon 900? Not sure how reliable that info is.
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Probably for the best. The Navy should be going with an already proven platform vs the T-7 just like how the Air Force should have as well. We waste so much time and money trying to reinvent the wheel when we don't have to. UPT is a great example of that. We don't need some new revolutionary trainer aircraft, we need something that works. Same with the syllabus and all of the changes in the last 6 years for UPT. New pilots are coming out of UPT with less experience and that puts more pressure on the FTU to teach things that they should have learned in UPT like TOLD. /rant
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I just watched this video on the PC-24. It does some pretty heavy lifting in advertising for the PC-24 but dammit it does make me wish we had these to replace the T-1. I would have loved to tried landing on SPRO type fields, grass fields, compacted dirt, etc. This could be adapted into a syllabus that really gets everyone ready for real world scenarios where we might be island hopping or landing on unprepared fields after a hurricane/earthquake before the Air Force spends more money teaching this in their MWS. I know this is about the budget but if the training came first, this would be a great trainer.
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Is this cheaper than what's currently out and can max produce pilots? I feel like that's what big air force is gonna want to even consider looking at something like this. I personally don't mind the idea but some formation is still good, even for heavy guys. The 135 bros and the air droppers all do formation. If they considered an actual solution instead of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks, I'd probably volunteer to go teach upt as my next assignment.
