BEagle,
It's not the skill fade as such, but rather the confliction between trying to teach two totally different set of reactions to external events, ie throttle vs collective. Once training has finished, in my view no sweat, fill your boots.
Sagey and TimC, if you want a giggle try to find books by John Winton, "We joined the navy" and "We went to Sea", both about joining the navy and Dartmouth in the 50s. Funny in that some bits hadn't changed when I got there in the late 80s
Fully agree with Mavriks comments, afterwards you'll realise how much fun you had and how much more you could have had. If you get stuck into everything the staff will also be impressed- do they still give out seniority for good performance- anyone?
Seniority=early promotion to Leut=more dosh!
Good Luck!
TimC, just read your post ref banter about Pingers- what can i say, they're all just jealous!
Baggers=Sore arse from flogging around in 60kt orbits for 3+hrs
Junglies= Sir doesn't live in a trench....
Stovies=Not a bad job if you like working like a one armed paper hangar and landing on in an a/c that need water injection to keep it in the hover!
Standing by for incoming....
[ 02 October 2001: Message edited by: oldpinger ]