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DCN 1064
UNDERGRADUATE PILOT TRAINING
ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE RECORD
1. Mr. Finch, during your testimony, you stated to Commissioner Robles that you would
provide a list of those criteria used by the UPT-Joint Cross-Service Group to constrain the linear
programming model from presenting nonsensical results. Please provide these criteria.
2. Mr. Finch, during your testimony, you stated to Commissioner Cornella that Flight
Screening was "basically" included as a matter of completeness. For the record, please respond
to the following question:
Why did you include Flight Screening, a function not now nor envisioned to be done at
UPT bases, but did not include Introduction to Fighter Fundamental (IFF) training, a function
that is done at UPT bases, in the scope of your analysis?
3. General Blume/Mr. Nemfakos/General Shane, during your testimony, Commissioner
Davis asked how much surge capacity exists in each service. Please respond to this question in
terms of capacity to recover from temporary situations, such as a period of prolonged bad
weather, and also in terms of capacity to accommodate an increase in the Pilot Training Rate in
the event of a long-term increase in pilot requirements.
4. General Blume/Mr. Nemfakos/General Shane, during your testimony, Commissioner
Robles requested that each Service provide data summarizing the costs to train pilots. Please
include in this information the fixed costs for Base Operating Support (BOS), Real Property
Management Account (RPMA), Overhead and Personnel at each UPT base, and the variable
costs which vary by the number of students and flight hours/sorties flown. These costs should
reflect only the portion attributable to UPT for the installations that also host other tenant units.
5. Mr. Finch, during your testimony, you stated that in order to achieve uniformity when
making comparisons between the services, the UPT-Joint Cross-Service Group drafted rules used
by the FAA to measure airfield operations capacity at each UPT base. Please provide the
formula that the FAA uses and how these rules were applied by your group.
6. General Blume, during your testimony, you stated you would provide answers to several
questions relating to weather. Please respond to the following questions:
Why was the percent of time at which the ceiling and visibility are better than 1000 feet
and 3 miles given any weight in the analysis when it is 1500 feet and 3 miles that represents a
key weather decision factor in conducting Air Force flight training operations?
In tracking weather attrition, factors such as actual attrition experience, cancellations due
to forecast icing conditions, and the occurrence of crosswinds out of limits can be used. Why
was so much weight placed on crosswinds rather than some of these other factors in the UPT-
Joint Cross-Service Group functional value analysis?
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