Originally Posted by
Trojan1981
You mean you can go through your whole career without ever being operational...Never!!!
At a recent airshow I heard an interview with Roulette seven and was surprised to hear that he had only flown the PC9 and B350 in RAAF service. Not the fault of the guys but a very sad state of affairs none the less. If you're not flying a tactical machine then what is the point of being in the ADF? You might as well fly a bus...
Yep, it's a sad state of affairs. The king airs along with 34should be used for initial multi posting for 2 years then into bigger types. Progression onto these types should be based on how well you perform as a multi crew pilot not based on a combination of luck and how much of a Santa clause your instructor at 2FTS was.
Currently there has been no change in a system that may have worked before the arrival of the c17, kc30. The operational squadrons will continue to received pilots who either fail conversion or do not progress at a rate that will make them captain in the normal period.