water, life-raft boarding, helicopter signaling and lifting, and underwater egress(!). More fellowship followed with ribs and steak that evening.
On Tuesday morning, we were instructed in and experienced both spatial disorientation and hypoxia in CAMI's dedicated facilities, with two additional instructors to expedite the experience. Finally, as an extra treat, we were introduced to night vision goggle techniques. An excellent training experience overall, with kudos to the FAA training team and facilities – we are definitely safer pilots and crew because of their training.
A special thanks to Jen Stack for making sure the class passed muster (covers on!), had timely transport, was appropriately fed, had good fellowship, and was able to evade the impending tornadoes on Tuesday afternoon.
Vince Matsui 05-03
AUXAIR
Training
at CAMI
US Coast Guard Auxiliary photo