KrissyJ said:The 13 could definately be condensed I found there was a little too much down time.
CDN Aviator said:When i did Basic in 1993 it was 10 weeks and we had zero down time. Count yourself lucky you had some.
HitorMiss said:6 years later in 99 at St Jean same thing...The we went to Meaford where we learned a whole new concept for CB and lack of personal Freedom... Ahhh the good old days LMAO
HitorMiss said:Krissy you did BMQ in Borden, nough said LOL
BMQ in St Jean, a dedicated area for that training has little to no down time during the course (not counting when you earn your weekends of course).
KrissyJ said:BMQ in Borden is an exact replica of the one done in St.Jean in terms of classes, lessons, PT etc. All our course outlines, our PT Schedule etc has St Jean written right on it (Some of our instructors also came from there). FTR Whoever translated our lesson plans into english did a horrible job!
Now I agree it was easier because we had nicer instructors a smaller group of people so it was more relaxed in terms of attitude for sure. Im definately fortunate to have done it there especially after just having a baby.
My reference to the down time is more towards spending 40 min on a class for example about snow shoes in the field. It doesn't take 40 min to teach you the parts on a snowshoe. Another class would be topo, we had endless topo classes and to be honest its not that complicated so spending over I believe it was 8 or more periods throughout the course plotting out grid references was a waste, it definately could have been shortened to say 4 and the other 4 classeses made more useful. The field and everything else is fine I just wish they shortened the lesson plans which in turn would make the course shorter. Death by powerpoint for sure.
KrissyJ said:My reference to the down time is more towards spending 40 min on a class for example about snow shoes in the field. It doesn't take 40 min to teach you the parts on a snowshoe. Another class would be topo, we had endless topo classes and to be honest its not that complicated so spending over I believe it was 8 or more periods throughout the course plotting out grid references was a waste, it definately could have been shortened to say 4 and the other 4 classeses made more useful. The field and everything else is fine I just wish they shortened the lesson plans which in turn would make the course shorter. Death by powerpoint for sure.
Klc said:13+1 Is what I did January 07.... which of course means SFA since they seem to change course lengths every few days.... I have a 4 week SQ coming up now that I'm done 7 months of POET; and my LCIS 3's have no end date, lol.... ;D
KrissyJ said:Now I agree it was easier because we had nicer instructors a smaller group of people so it was more relaxed in terms of attitude for sure. I'm definitely fortunate to have done it there especially after just having a baby.
HitorMiss said:Ok we are talking two separate things. What I am talking about is what you said in the paragraph I have quoted
Having just had my significant other and one of my best friend's wife complete BMQ in St Jean, and having seen for a week the BMQ candidates in Borden, I can say the course material maybe exactly the same and all PO's covered to the very same standard, however the atmosphere and attitude of the candidates is completely different. I am not sure why it is so (well that's not true I have my theories I just don't want to insult anyone) I can say that I was personally shocked to see BMQ candidates at the CANEX at 2000hrs on a Sunday or even on weekdays. When I knew candidates in St Jean are not even close to having that liberty.
It's not any of the candidates fault heck if your given freedom take it and run man run like the wind. I just wouldn't be complaining about down time LMAO. Congrats on passing now comes the fun part.