The Value of an NROTC Flight Indoctrination Program to Naval Aviation Training PDF Download

Author: Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (U.S.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 20

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In 1962 the Navy established a campus Flight Indoctrination Program (FIP) which allowed NROTC students to earn a private pilot's license. The objectives were to attract more NROTC students to aviation, improve screening of flight applicants, and to reduce flight training time. The results were favorable. Input figures for NROTC students into flight training showed a significant increase after inception of FIP. A group of 353 FIP NROTC graduates compared to 143 non-FIP NROTC graduates was superior in terms of average grades throughout flight training, and the FIP group's attrition rate was about half that of the non-FIP group. Greatest reduction in training time was in the light plane phase. There is evidence that more careful consideration of campus FIP performance would result in further improvement in screening. In addition, there were a few instances of possible pipeline misassignment of FIP students. Since pipeline is based mainly on the Primary Flight Grade, an artificial elevation of this grade by the previous light plane experience may contribute to misassignment.