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I understand what you are saying "beenthere" but the issue I have is that FE's today all have their TAMS course and rigging loads is not that complicated.  The pams hold your hand and walk you through the different loads to be honest.  C of G and Wt & Bal are equally simple.  Strapping down...

The last Gen that we got on this issue is that the direct entry got squashed.  It would have taken as long as the current remuster method at any rate since you still would have had to get your level A authority before you could progress to a flying FE.  The theory was that these DE guys would...

No problem Otis.  Feel free to PM me if you have any more direct questions or would like a contact at your squadron I can probably hook you up. HH

Ack.  Thanks Scoobs!

The Griffon did serve as a gunship up until our very recent pull out from Afghanistan (air assets only, not including the training cadre up north).  The Griffon is an adequate weapons platform to carry M134D and the GAU-21 .50 cal weapons.  Although there are limitations due to the extreme...

Good point Zoomie.  The transition to AMSup will hopefully bridge some of the gap between FE and AVN.  There is some serious resistance to that in the upper echelon of the FE trade and the AVN trade as well.  FE's don't want to stop flying when they reach WO so Sr FE's are still fighting...

I thought that you were referring to Afghanistan crews with the above quote.  That is why I brought it up.  Sorry for any confusion. The authorizations is odd and it seems to differ between units.  I know that one Sr FE/STA at one of the Tac Hel units is trying to bring back "Stables Days" like...

Scoobs, where did you hear about the current standard crew config?  I know that it was discussed that the LMs would be on the new CH 47s but I did not think that an official decision had been made yet.  And with the memo wrt the standup of the MHLH Sqn not having an LMs on listed, I thought that...

That is kind of a shocker considering all of the austerity measures in place through out the Brit military. 

424 not a CH 146 SAR Griffon sqn anymore???

Like it was mentioned earlier, not EVERY FE has a story like that but several if not most do.  As an FE, for any prospective FEs out there, I would strongly recommend that you seek out some FEs at your unit and talk to them.  If nothing else, you are making connections in a trade that is quite...

Very well said Trunk Monkey. If any of you prospective FE's out there want some more specific advise, feel free to PM me with details and I can try to help or send you a name of someone who can help.  Cheers, HH

In my admittedly biased opinion, it is easier to train an FE to do a LMs job as we already have the familiarity with the TDG and W&B and in fact are already qualified.  In order to train a LM to be an FE, they would have to become 'A Level' technicians first, which would take a few years.  With...

otis111, I have been an FE for a little while now and I can tell you that although not EVERY FE has a "my remuster got buried" story, the vast majority do.  I have one personally but won't bore you with the details. As far as what to do to become an FE, the biggest hurdle that you are going to...

So back to the initial post, does anybody have anything solid on whether LMs will be on the new 147s?  Any input as to whether that battle is still being fought or has it been won for one system or the other? I concur that there is a better way if you can get the "unions" for each respective...

Follow up question and forgive me if it is a tad direct. As I am in the process of revamping and resubmitting the nomination, can anyone answer if there is a laundry list of items/key words/phrases to hit in order to ensure a successful nomination?  In other words, does the approval/denial...

To Pusser wrt direct to GG nominations.  Ack and thanks for the heads up.  Cheers HH

Aviator, I like the way you are leaning.  The aircrewman idea has merit and IMHO, with the next gen fixed-wing aircraft not requiring either FE or LM (or NAV for that matter), I believe that this is what the FE trade is trying to accomplish and I am sure that the LMs out there would love to...

The reason that I brought it up is because I have heard the argument in favour of the FE/LM system is that the LM would do the W&B and Dang Goods and all associated PW with that.  I am in favour of the 2 FE system wrt to W&B because there just is not much to do for W&B so the extra pre-flighter...

The memo I referred to is only the standup guys for the new Sqn.  Are the Sig Ops to be in the initial cadre in 2012 APS?  Or are they in the follow on crews over the next couple of years? HH