regarding all this talk about hazing.....
It's not hazing if you're receiving the "punishment" yourself. Everyone on that team has an unfortunate nickname, now Dash does too. It's not hazing at all.
As for the episode itself, I quite enjoyed it. Dash's impressions were amazing, and I loved the cold open of Scoots losing her mind over Dash's promotion, while Dash stood there broken The final scene was absolutely PERFECT. Dash finally fully understood the camaraderie the Bolts have for one another, and was able to fully appreciate the blessing of realizing her life's dream. Such a wonderful ending and an amusingly ironic start to Dash's career, whom will probably go down as the greatest Wonderbolt in history. One last thing I liked was that FINALLY one of the mane 6 was publically acknowledged for their heroics. We never see them get any special treatment even in situations where we're begging for it.