Mission Pilot Designation -- IFR Rated Priority Funded Training?

[DG]

Priority should be in the following order: mission check pilots, SAR/DR mission pilots, check pilots, instructor pilots, transport mission pilots, and then cadet orientation pilots.

[Mustang]

Priority should be in the following order: mission check pilots, SAR/DR mission pilots, check pilots, instructor pilots, transport mission pilots, and then cadet orientation pilots.

Ok, I'll bite: why?

[Short Field]

That way the ones who don't need the training get it. 

[DG]

Priority should be in the following order: mission check pilots, SAR/DR mission pilots, check pilots, instructor pilots, transport mission pilots, and then cadet orientation pilots.

Ok, I'll bite: why?

Guidance from CAPR 60-3

[Mustang]

Priority should be in the following order: mission check pilots, SAR/DR mission pilots, check pilots, instructor pilots, transport mission pilots, and then cadet orientation pilots.

Ok, I'll bite: why?

Guidance from CAPR 60-3

Nice try, but that paragraph (CAPR 60-3, para. 3-5a(2)(h), for those keeping score at home) pertains specifically to funded Form 5/Form 91 checkrides only, and it's obvious that the intent here is to keep the most experienced folks legal to perform missions.  It says nothing about funded training or proficiency priorities though, only checkrides.

The closest thing to guidance is para. 3-5a(2), which states:

"...wing/region commanders will prioritize available training funds to meet the wing/region's most critical training requirements..."

What that means is that wing/region commanders determine their own funded training priorities. One could argue, however,  that the most experienced pilots don't require training and thus aren't the most critical training requirement(s).

[Short Field]

Are you quoting CAPR 60-3, para 3-5a(2)h?   That paragraph is only about priority on reimbursed Fm 5 and Fm 91 checkrides.  Checkrides are not training flights but evaluations of training.

However, it is nice to see that 60-3 places a higher priority on a MP getting a checkride than a check pilot or instructor pilot.