Originally Posted by
Roland Pulfrew
For those worried about EFT with retractable undercarriages, well that's what runway caravans and flare pistols are for. Do we still have runway caravans and flare pistols?
Cranditz has a caravan because the King Air's operate(d) out of there but Wittering doesn't as it's only the fixed-undercarriage Tutor that routinely operates out of there. They both still have flares.
The plethora of "when I was..." is all very interesting but so far no-one has answered the question I posed in Post #133 regarding the fast-jet training period reduction from 5 to 3.5 years.
Or does the "Adaptable and Capable" part of the slogan cover it?
Anyone?
Clearly they believe they do and I can see no real reason to disbelieve it. With greater use of simulators and CBT, plus a hugely more efficient use of aircraft there is clearly a plan to graduate from EFT in shorter order. One presumes the same will apply to T6 & T2, hence the time-saving postulated. No reason why it couldn't happen.