WA Police Wing
Seasonally Adjusted
Joe, I remember a time in the late 80's when two guys transferred to the Air Wing more or less straight from the Academy, and they were both PPL's! How times have changed. A reflection of the state of the industry perhaps?
Pass a Frozo
A gigantic difference between guys going through the air force system and guys with 200 hours out in civie land. For one the air force system will remove everyone who isn't up to scratch. So the only guys who get through are those who can cut the mustard. Secondly in the air force you are trained the air force way and fly the way they want you to fly. You will find also that the guys on F-18's are often the top few out of a group. It's not like everyone who applies to the air force walks straight through onto a F-18 with 200 hours.
As far as I'm aware the mounties used to take guys who were mounties and had gained their pilots license externally. So in terms of flying training it would be hard to guage how these guys will perform. However when you can recruit airline pilots and corporate guys you then at least know that they should be of an decent standard and have flying experience that they can then pass onto the less experienced pilots.
A gigantic difference between guys going through the air force system and guys with 200 hours out in civie land. For one the air force system will remove everyone who isn't up to scratch. So the only guys who get through are those who can cut the mustard. Secondly in the air force you are trained the air force way and fly the way they want you to fly. You will find also that the guys on F-18's are often the top few out of a group. It's not like everyone who applies to the air force walks straight through onto a F-18 with 200 hours.
As far as I'm aware the mounties used to take guys who were mounties and had gained their pilots license externally. So in terms of flying training it would be hard to guage how these guys will perform. However when you can recruit airline pilots and corporate guys you then at least know that they should be of an decent standard and have flying experience that they can then pass onto the less experienced pilots.
