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Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone can give me an update on what the backlog is looking like for primary and basic flight training.
Melbatoast said:Zero, or at least no more than average than any other CF course. I know several DEOs who completed BMOQ in the spring who are now on PHII - it's that fast. Even stream selection in PHII is going most candidates' way (I don't expect that to carry on forever).
Backups are now at the OTU level for some airframes.
jdl902 said:To resurrect an old thread that's just become very relevant to me; does anyone have any recent experience with how long the wait between BMOQ, PFT and BFT are?
I've also heard DEO pilots have been going straight from St Jean to Portage but the official story still seems to be SLT before PFT. Again, anyone have recent experience one way or the other? I'd like to avoid SLT since I'm an old guy and not planning to make it to Major, but if I have to take it I'll start cramming now to minimize the pain.
Duckman54 said:I just swore in this past mid-Aug, did BMOQ starting late-August. Finished up and got posted 'home' for OJT on Dec 6th, Phase I flight at Portage started Jan 7th. I was only home 4 weeks!
After Portage (finished March 7) was home less than 2 weeks, then back to Winnipeg for AMT, which is only Mon-Fri. Home for a whopping 3 weeks, now off to Moose Jaw for Phase II April 24th until about mid-Dec.
This pace is unbelievable, considering not long ago guys were sitting on OJT 12-18 mos between phases 1&2!
Others in my PFT group are doing Phase II starting Aug, still pretty darn quick.
jdl902 said:Broken Again!
Just finished BMOQ and was given the good news that PFT will be in 12 months :facepalm:
jdl902 said:It was solved for a while, the platoon ahead of us only had a few months of waiting and 2 of our guys are going to Portage in January. I think overall they simply hired too many pilots this year and have swamped the system. Seems like this should be easily avoided but someone somewhere probably has a reason for it.