But they've improved these systems, so the boarding rate now is really high. It's very rare that somebody bolters or they get waved off. And what that's allowed us to do in the Navy is We've just transitioned to where people don't even go to the ship before they get their wings anymore. They're going to go to their fleet airplane and we have to do a lot less practice. It used to be so much time and energy and effort to train the crews up to be able to operate off the ship. (12:17–12:23)
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Asserts that naval aviators no longer need to land on a ship before earning their wings.
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