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. Auxiliary and Attack Craft pilots receive additional hands-on engineering training to ensure that prospective pilots know how their ships work and how to maintain and repair the relevant controls and systems in the event an engineering team is unavailable - with most pilot cadets taking advanced maintenance courses which allow them to graduate with a Minor in Auxliary Craft Maintenance and Repair. It is at this point that Candidates receive assignments, based on performance, to the specific type of craft they will specialize specialise in. Upon completion, the Candidates graduate from the Pilot's Course and are for the first time recognized recognised as Star Fleet Pilots before being assigned to their first duty stations.