WARP CRAFT FLIGHT TRAINING
The standard course of instruction to pilot faster-than-light spacecraft is known formally as the Space Flight Certification Course (colloquially referred to as "Flight School"). This course is a twenty-four-months in length with follow-on courses depending upon the career path of the applicant. The primary flight training course is divided into three main sections: Ground School, Extra-Vehicular Training, and Flight School.
Phase One: Ground School
The first phase of Flight Training consists of six months of classroom instruction at the Lunaport Training Center on the Moon. Students learn the fundamentals of spacecraft operations and basic warp craft piloting. A passing average of 92% or higher is required to advance to the next phase.
Following completion of Ground School, students are required to qualify for Extra-Vehicular (EVA) certification as well as airlock operations. This training is ten weeks in length; personnel already holding qualification in these areas are required to complete this training section for re-qualification and certification.
Phase Two: Stage One Flight Training
The first stage of in-flight training is held in lunar orbit and focuses on basic operation of a warp capable spacecraft. Training focuses on general spacecraft operation, communications systems, power management, and emergency procedures. Training is conducted in a warp craft flight trainer with the initial qualification consisting of a short warp flight between the Moon and Jupiter.
A Warp Craft Flight Trainer
Phase Three: Stage Two Flight Training
Stage two flight training consists of regular warp craft spaceflights in order to achieve a mastery in space handling, warp craft operations, and emergency procedures. The training is divided into three sections, beginning with 90 days of sub-light flight training, followed by six months of warp flights, and a final month of evaluation exercises leading to warp pilot certification.
UESPA CERTIFICATION FLIGHT TRAINING
In its early days of operation, UESPA required graduated space flight candidates to be directly assigned to UESPA space vessels as "Cadets", afterwards completing an additional eighteen months of career specific training.
UESPA follow-on career track courses
This was changed in 2127 when UESPA began conducting this training in simulators, only afterwards assigning graduates as "Midshipman" to a UESPA vessel for a period of no more than one year. In addition to the aforementioned training, UESPA further offers an six month "Crewman Training Course" for spaceship non-officers. This course teaches the fundamentals of spacecraft duty and is often coordinated with EVA training.