‘Accelerated Path to Wings’ Graduates First Class of Pilots

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‘Accelerated Path to Wings’ Graduates First Class of Pilots
March 15, 2021 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

Air Education and Training Command’s “Accelerated Path to Wings” program graduated its first-ever class of undergraduate pilots at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on March 12.

The program, also dubbed XPW, produces pilots in approximately seven months—five months shorter than typical undergraduate pilot training—and lets student pilots stick to a single aircraft, according to an AETC release.

Instead of learning how to fly both the T-6A Texan II and the T-1 Jayhawk like traditional undergraduate pilot training requires, XPW students start with classroom training, then proceed to the 12th Training Squadron’s simulator branch, the release said.

https://www.airforcemag.com/accelerated-path-to-wings-graduates-first-class-of-pilots/

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As a person with a pilot's license, I'm not much in favor of accelerating anything to do with flying.  It can be a long way to the ground.  I've noticed there have been enough military, trained the old way, pilots trying unsuccessfully to keep their aircraft from making craters in the ground.