Changes

In their third Academy year, the Pilot Candidates are put right to work with more courses of instruction to prepare them for their follow-on training. In addition to classroom lectures, the Candidates eventually progress into advanced simulator training on the craft associated with their training stream, where they spend the majority of their time. The culminating weeks at Tactical HQ involve several dozen manned flights. These include atmospheric and intra-system flights in two-seat training craft as well as the craft for which they are training to pilot. It is at this point that Candidates receive assignments, based on performance, to the specific type of fighter craft they will specialize in. Upon completion, the Candidates graduate from the Pilot's Course and are for the first time recognized as Star Fleet Pilots before being assigned to their first duty stations.