Originally Posted by
thelizardking
by which i assume you mean the newer 'old' system? Surely if you went RPAS on the old system ( assuming you got RRP for RPAS)
you could have been on middle rate by about 6 years after starting flying training?
If it took 2 years to go from Crow to Pro on RPAS then yes, middle rate by your 6th year is achievable.
The penalisation for FJ is just the way the cookie crumbles. Same as Dark Blue RW types are seen off by pingers who go straight to OCU after advanced rotary without having to do the tactics course, or the Army types that go on a 12 week CTT compared to a 9 month one for a different platform. RRP(f) is the sweetener once you are finally useful on a front line type.