Flying Grading
Doesn't the RN do Cranwell Aptitude/ Selection Tests, Grading & then EFTS? Whats the % of RN Pilots that start EFTS that get through compared to the RAF?
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I have no idea whether grading as against aptitude test was best for weeding out potential failures.
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Purely anecdotal, (hey, it's a rumour network) but when the Army had a shortage of pilot candidates towards the end of the eighties, they re-assessed some of the students who had only just failed grading by a few points. They were contacted again (much to their surprise) and told they had now been qualified to attend pilot training. The result was that a few of those who had originally been flunked made it to the end of the pilot's course, but not many.
It's hardly empirical evidence of the value of flying grading, but does show that certainly in the Army environment, grading was working in identifying weak candidates. I flew with one of those "re-graded" guys who was chopped 2 weeks before the end of his course for weak navigational skills; so naturally, being the Army, they passed him out as a crewman/observer where for his flying duties he only needed to have - good navigational skills!
It's hardly empirical evidence of the value of flying grading, but does show that certainly in the Army environment, grading was working in identifying weak candidates. I flew with one of those "re-graded" guys who was chopped 2 weeks before the end of his course for weak navigational skills; so naturally, being the Army, they passed him out as a crewman/observer where for his flying duties he only needed to have - good navigational skills!
