Originally Posted by
Herod
First flight on an operational squadron three weeks short of two years from joining. Still only nineteen years old. Mind you, that was in the sixties.
Little slower than you but had to do the Lindholm course pre-OCU. The AEOs OTOH had fewer flying hours and I think shorter course so 19 was average.
Echoing the NS training, 5 year commissions were available for pilots.