re: Operators....how long did it take to qualify

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On your first unit? What kind of unit were you running? What is a reasonable time to learn something like utilities?

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I illegally practiced around the neighborhood in my siblings' cars and my parents' cars for about a year before I sat for the written test at age 14 1/2. Mom* had a '70 Sedan deVille, dad had some kind of GM shitbox (Regal or something), sibs had a '73 Impala and a '74 Maverick. I took Driver's Ed and got my unrestricted license following passing that class and the practical at the end of the class.

I would think a year is reasonable to learn to operate a motor vehicle, I'm not familiar with it being called "utilities" but whatever.

*No pics, think Heddy Lamarr in the mid '40s.