364 training days · 52 weeks · 0600–1800

Daily Syllabus

Every day of the program, hour by hour. Each duty day carries its own academic block, flight or sim profile, PT, objectives, completion standard, homework, and references — plus the Saturday half day and the Sunday liberty and inspection template.

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Daily Training Syllabus

52-Week Undergraduate Pilot Training · all 364 days

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IntroHow to read this syllabus

The 52-week program defines what happens in a given week. This document expands that week into individual days, distributing the week's academic topics and flight sorties across Monday through Friday and applying the standard duty day.

Days are numbered 1 through 364 and are calendar-independent, so a class starting on any Monday uses the same day numbers. Day 1 is Week 1, Monday. Lessons are flown to proficiency rather than to a fixed clock, so a cadet who repeats a lesson slips the sequence rather than skipping content — see the Training Procedures Manual for repeat and remediation policy.

Day types

TypeWindowDuty hoursShape of the day
Duty day (Mon–Fri)0600–180012Formation, PT, formal brief, academics, flight or sim, debrief, study hall, formal release
Saturday0600–12006PT then a single primary wave — cross-country and long-profile sorties
SundayNo scheduled duty0Recovery, 1900 gear and uniform inspection, 2000 detail sheet posted

Weekday variants

The scheduler selects a variant from the week's milestones, so the shape of the day matches what the week is actually trying to achieve.

VariantTriggered byEffect on the day
StandardOrdinary training weekBalanced academics and a flight plus sim block
Ground-intensiveA written or knowledge test in the weekAcademics extend through the afternoon; exam at 1500; flying becomes an optional 45-minute proficiency sortie
Flight-heavyA checkride or practical test in the weekAcademics compress to oral prep and chair-flying; flight blocks extend 1200–1630; mock oral until 1800
Stage checkA stage check in the weekCheck instructor administers the oral at 0945 and the flight at 1230; grade sheet and pass/repeat decision same day
Limitation Crew rest is a minimum of 12 consecutive hours and is protected. No cadet may be scheduled for any event inside a crew rest period, and quiet hours begin at 2200. A cadet who has not had crew rest is not available for duty regardless of the schedule.
Note Times are the planned template. Weather, aircraft availability, and checkride scheduling shift individual blocks. The 0600 formation, the 1745 end-of-day muster, and the 1800 formal release do not move.

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