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Vingus · January 26th, 2005, 12:14

All pilots (new and experienced) go through a course called PIT (pilot instructor training). It is a 2.5 month course at Randolph AFB in San Antonio. The first third of the course, you learn how to fly or re-fly the trainer. The rest of the course, the instructors there play "student" and let you instruct them as they make mistakes.

It is a pretty good course, except that the instructors there will never put you in an unsafe situation like a student will. New students don't know how unsafe they are when they are learning.

January 26th, 2005, 12:14	#7
Vingus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 33	Re: Another Question For Military Flyers All pilots (new and experienced) go through a course called PIT (pilot instructor training). It is a 2.5 month course at Randolph AFB in San Antonio. The first third of the course, you learn how to fly or re-fly the trainer. The rest of the course, the instructors there play "student" and let you instruct them as they make mistakes. It is a pretty good course, except that the instructors there will never put you in an unsafe situation like a student will. New students don't know how unsafe they are when they are learning.