John Weiss wrote:
"Mike" wroteom...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/natio...4314-4356r.htm

The Army long has relied on warrant officers to pilot attack and
transport helicopters. Now the Navy is going to give it a try. Navy
planes and helicopters are piloted by line officers who serve as
pilots. Other officers serve as naval flight officers . Under a pilot
program, the Navy is asking "hard-charging sailors" to apply to become
chief warrant officers and be among 30 selected for flight school, says
a message from the chief of naval operations.


Looks like a rehash of the Aviator LDO program of the 80s, substituting Warrants
for LDOs. That one never got very popular, but who knows, this time around...


Same song, second verse, same reasoning, crappy deal for enlisted
personnel, same program future.

Senior enlisted personnel and current warrants and LDO's will talk the
best candidates out of it and send the dreaming drifters who just want
to fly into the program.

Rick