Originally Posted by
Robbiee
For what its worth;
The course takes place over four days. Monday and Tuesday are full days with a break for lunch and a factory tour. Wednesday is a half day with flying in the afternoon, or flying in the morning and class in the afternoon, depending on your flight time. Thursday is about an hour and a half lecture with a test at the end. We're generally going home by 11:30.
My six flights ranged from a 1.0 to a 1.2 depending on with whom I flew. The flight is about 98% practicing the auto glide from 1,500' over the harbor. The quality of the autos depends on with whom you fly. A few guys showed me some cool sideways/slip autos, and a few others only did max glide/minimum rate as the "enhanced autos" part. You won't be doing the initial pickup, takeoff, or taxi and final landing. In fact the only "normal" thing I did was a couple pickups after hover autos. If you're lucky (and not using a customer ship) you can do a touchdown auto when you get back to TOA.
There's donuts in the morning, and sandwiches for lunch.
When was the last time you attended? It sounds like you are mostly describing the older arrangement, times, and policies.