Actually what happened with pilot training is that we did several things. One was to shorten the training time from 1 year to 6 months. 2nd was to rotate combat veteran pilots back to the states to head up new squadrons and about 6 months to work up the new pilots before deployment. Japan on the other hand had a 2 year flight training program. Then only abbreviated right at the end of the war for those who were going to fly the Kamikaze planes. Carrier quals were a small part of combat training.
Another interesting little fact was that the F4U Corsair almost didn't get into the fight. They landed "hot" (fast) and took a good deal of training for pilots to land without blowing tires or damaging the gear. The first group deployed was told that if they couldn't master carrier landings that the Navy was looking at dumping the F4U.
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