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air group pilots screen - 6/20/2012 9:39:51 PM   
geofflambert


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Status: offline 		What does it mean when a pilots experience rating in a particular category is lighted up in green or orange?

Also I know I can send pilots with a rating of 81 or higher to TRACOM, but currently the one I have available I have in a training squadron of pilots in the 50s and 60s. It instinctively seems to me that they're better used moving well trained pilots into the 70s than wasting time on rookies. Any opinions on how wrong I am?

Also, is it dumb to have training squadrons where the most experienced pilots are only in the 40s?
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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/20/2012 10:01:25 PM   
Dan Nichols


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Status: offline 		Orange = increased this calendar month. Green = increased this turn.

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/20/2012 10:05:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		green = skill improved last turn
orange = skill improved during the current month

sending pilots to TRACOM allows other pilots in the replacement queue to 'graduate' somewhat faster than normal, w/ a small improvement in their air skill. i've read that you should send pilots to TRACOM in groups of 10, per nationality. so if you've got 19 USMC pilots in TRACOM, only 10 of them are 'training'.

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/21/2012 1:52:17 AM   
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better to put a few high exp pilots in advanced training (nates, etc)

rather than TRACOM

what is better, pilots faster to 50exp/70skill or more 35 exp fodder


that is what those pilots do normally, teach ACM
rather than basic training (handeled by pilots either unable to fly combat, or no valuable tactics to teach)

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/21/2012 4:48:02 AM   
geofflambert


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Status: offline 		Thanks for the input so far, I believe the green/orange question has been resolved decisively. I have received some advice in the form of a PM that I intend to take seriously, but I wasn't aware that starting a thread might be part of a private conspiracy. Still, I would like to hear more voices on the training group vs TRACOM question. Which has greater efficiency as well as efficacy in training, the TRACOM dump or specialized training by selected veterans to selected students, and do aviators short of an 81 rating have a positive effect on training in the squadron they are assigned to, or not? Many newbies as well as seat of the pants blunderers such as myself may profit from correct answers to these questions.

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/21/2012 5:02:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I rarely use TRACOM, and then only to hold specific pilots out of the war for a specific reason. 

For IJ, training groups are a must.  Many of your entering groups will either be almost empty shells (2 or 3 planes), or if they have a full complement of planes the pilot exp will be low (there are exceptions, but mostly they are just that particularly after the first couple of months).  You need to be able to get the new groups up to "war" level quickly.  The allies OTOH get a LOT more groups (of course they have a lot that withdraw also) with pilots exp's that are generally pretty good.

Note: this low exp particularly applies to a lot of your new CV's.  Be sure that you check them carefully and replace the low exp pilots lest you suffer the same fate that IJ did historically.

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/21/2012 8:48:25 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Thanks for the input so far, I believe the green/orange question has been resolved decisively. I have received some advice in the form of a PM that I intend to take seriously, but I wasn't aware that starting a thread might be part of a private conspiracy. Still, I would like to hear more voices on the training group vs TRACOM question. Which has greater efficiency as well as efficacy in training, the TRACOM dump or specialized training by selected veterans to selected students, and do aviators short of an 81 rating have a positive effect on training in the squadron they are assigned to, or not? Many newbies as well as seat of the pants blunderers such as myself may profit from correct answers to these questions.


None of the above.

As background, have a read of this thread.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2758984&mpage=1&key=pilot%2Ctraining?

1. TRACOM does not improve pilot skill levels. It does two things;
(a) can speed up the graduation of trainee pilots already in the pipeline but it does not result in more trainees overall being in the pipeline,
(b) limits the odds of trainee pilots graduating below their national averages but does not boost the graduees above their national averages

2. Experten in groups do not impart their knowledge on their co-pilots. Only a squadron leader may impact on the squadron's pilots.

Alfred

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/21/2012 9:22:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		As Alfred has mentioned, TRACOM can speed up graduation, and this is very useful. I do put several veteran aces into TRACOM( around ten ), and then rotate them out after 2-3 months back to combat, whilst replacing them with fresh aces.

This not only has the effect of speeding graduation for new recruits to national averages, it also me gives me a more satisfying experience of following certain pilots in their 'careers' so to speak, as I remember their names and status.

It also 'feels' more authentic, as top pilots would be regarded as an asset in real life, and a posting to TRACOM is a 'reward' for so much valued service, instead of just burning them out in combat a la` Baron von Ricthofen.

Certainly, in my current GC PBEM, this strategy has proved invaluable.

It also makes me value them more as people ( yes I know, its only a game ), but a game in my opinion, that deals with the deadliest of issues.

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RE: air group pilots screen - 6/21/2012 6:31:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Alfred, thanks for the link. I have one quibble about airframes vis-a-vis pilots in that the proportion of pilots to airframes seems to affect pilot fatigue (even when they're on 100% training), and therefor having excess pilots = good. This would seem to suggest that training occurs in the air if aircraft are available. I understand restricting the range also reduces fatigue.

'Nother question. I had Boyington in a squadron of H81s I was using for training but he was not the commander. I tried to pick him for commander of that squadron but he was unavailable. Do I have to put him in general reserve to choose him as a commander? Or is he unavailable because he's been a bad baad Boyington? Currently I have him on the way to Pt. Moresby where he's liable to get killed, but if not maybe he'll reach that 81 level.

< Message edited by geofflambert -- 6/21/2012 6:35:03 PM >

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