Pilot Training : Defensive skill

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Moltrey

Elaboration please. I just don't understand the choices involved in pulling from the different pools other than the default presented to us.

What do you want the pilots for? To look pretty and entertain the nurses? To fly aircraft? If so, what aircraft types? What missions are going to be flown? Do you want experts or do you want to train them? Until you state what you want the pilots for . . .

[Moltrey]

My point RJ is that I don't know what I want the pilots for... not really anyway. Mostly direct replacements or filling out vacancies I guess. I don't know enough about the uses of these different pools to even know the right question to ask if that makes any sense.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Moltrey

My point RJ is that I don't know what I want the pilots for... not really anyway. Mostly direct replacements or filling out vacancies I guess. I don't know enough about the uses of these different pools to even know the right question to ask if that makes any sense.

What type of air units are you trying to fill out and are you going to use them right away? Also, which side are you?

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Moltrey

My point RJ is that I don't know what I want the pilots for... not really anyway. Mostly direct replacements or filling out vacancies I guess. I don't know enough about the uses of these different pools to even know the right question to ask if that makes any sense.

Read 16.3 of the manual first. Then the Pilot Addendum found in the Manuals sub-directory of your AE installation.

Alfred

[Moltrey]

Okay, thanks guys. I will look through them.

[Tanaka]

ORIGINAL: Trugrit

ORIGINAL: Tanaka

ORIGINAL: Macclan5



Not statistically proven - and I am no veteran expert compared to the above - but for fighter back base hubs :

Train "General" (often Rest mode) Alt = 15000 Range 1 for about a month

Train "Escort" Alt = 15000 Range 1 for about a month

Train Ground Attack Alt = 100 Range 1 for about a month.

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I think Train general is often under recommended.

When drawing from reserve I rarely hand pick select pilots. Having at least a 'base grade' is very helpful.

In 90 ++ days I seem to "generally end up" with a Fighter pilot screen practically all orange and green.

Overall Experience ~ 50+ Overall Air ~ 60 + Overall Defense ~ 60+ and nothing less than 25 in most every category (albeit Nav can be lower).

Now of course there is always a few remedial learners at the bottom of the list...but dump the "release top 10 - release top 10" into general reserve and start over.

How do you hand pick select pilots? I don't see any option for this?

You use the Request Veteran option.

Here are a few threads
Study Up:

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2336680

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2369120

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2383011

Ahhh much obliged!

[Taxcutter]

Thanks, people. I've been playing this game and variants since GW Bush was popular and yet find new nugget quite often.