The past few weeks have been flying by and I haven't even been 'flying' yet! This week, phase two of the three phases starts. This means academics will start winding down and the main emphasis will be on daily flights and check rides. This is both good news and bad new due to the fact that yes, I will finally start doing what you could say I've been training for the past 6 years to do, but also my personal life will go down the drain. Yes, I know we have already done quite a few 12 hour days so far in Phase 1, but they were the exception, not the norm. Now that Phase two is starting, we will be on formal release meaning that 12 hour days will be normal, and getting out earlier must have been we kicked butt in our flights that week or the instructor pilots just really want to get to the squadron bar before it closes on a Friday evening.
It also means that in addition to being fully prepared for our flights, we will be doing more academics, formal briefings, and the dreaded stand-ups. This is where you are standing at attention in front of your whole class, all the instructors and your flight commander and are giving an emergency scenario where you have to talk, with very meticulous detail, how you solve the situation.
This weekend was the roommate's birthday so we did a quick trip on Friday night up to San Antonio to check out a dance hall called Cowboys. It was massive, half of it was a huge hall with a live band and the other half was an indoor rodeo. In the morning we drove up to Austin to be in a bike parade that Fat Tire brewing on, called Tour de Fat. It was a fun 23 hour trip. We returned saturday evening, ate dinner, then went to bed to get a full day of studying in today.
Oh yea, If you are interested in reading a little background information about the squadron I'll be assigned to you can find it here.
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