I was a Cat "other" student going through a refresher syllabus at the fleet replacement squadron (FRS). As I prepared for carrier qualification (CQ) in the E-2C, I did a lot of waiting. During a field-carrier-landing practice (FCLP) det at NAS Jacksonville, the students getting their initial CQ are the priorities for the instructor pilots (IPs) and LSOs. So, you wait to hot switch into an aircraft, you wait to do internal switches in the airplane, and generally, you just wait.
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