P-8 Selection

[eas7888]

It was great to poke around a brand new aircraft. It still had that 'new plane' smell. The technology in the front and back of the aircraft was pretty enjoyable to see. Certainly a step above the T-34.

 

[Pistol719]

Awesome pics man thank you! Sucks I missed it

 

[HAL Pilot]

Yes, no pictures though. New car smell, awesome flight deck, and plenty of room in the back to throw a kegger for your favorite friends while en route.

All good, but does it have a flushing shitter or does the junior e still get to dump the piss tube?

Also, was the FE mafia on the ramp sticking pins in P-8 voodoo dolls?

 

[PropAddict]

All good, but does it have a flushing shitter or does the junior e still get to dump the piss tube?

Also, was the FE mafia on the ramp sticking pins in P-8 voodoo dolls?

The one I toured had a weird naval-ized toilet. It was a toilet, but I don't think it flushed like an airliner toilet. I think it's closer to a porta potty with an overboard discharge hookup. But this was a VX bird, so maybe the production ones are different.

There were lots of derisive looks passed down on P-8 from the FE's. In fact, I didn't see a single one at the rollout. . .

 

[wlawr005]

Flushable shitter included. No beds/racks though, only two first class-style chairs that recline.

 

[helolumpy]

Flushable shitter included. No beds/racks though, only two first class-style chairs that recline.

No beds? Will VP folks get hazardous duty pay because of this?

(sorry, no smilies on the IPAD)

 

[scoolbubba]

Flushable shitter included. No beds/racks though, only two first class-style chairs that recline.

This is bullshit.

 

[jollygreen07]

This is bullshit.

So, I never was able t0 get a solid answer from anyone. Are you assholes going to be doing air-refueling with that thing? If so, then yes. It is indeed bullshit.

 

[Scruff]

This is bullshit.

....it has an oven and fridge too

 

[scoolbubba]

hopefully i can just be a reserve bum and avoid this P-8 contraption altogether.

 

[PropAddict]

There may not be any racks, but there is so much room in the tube that you could set up a cot/airmattress/ hammocks, hell probably even a Murphy bed. And you'd still have room to play football back there.

 

[scoolbubba]

Maybe the wing will actually let pilots fly it places outside 350 miles of KNIP.

 

[statesman]

The first class chairs are supposed to nearly fully recline.

Two problems I see:

How much effort are we going to put into fixing those seats when they start to break?
Who gets the second seat? I know TACCOs that are already trying to lay claim to the unused seat. The company line among Single Anchors in my squadron is that they are for pilots only. Doesnt matter if they aren't / can't both be utilized at the same time.

 

[HAL Pilot]

The first class chairs are supposed to nearly fully recline.

Two problems I see:

How much effort are we going to put into fixing those seats when they start to break?
Who gets the second seat? I know TACCOs that are already trying to lay claim to the unused seat. The company line among Single Anchors in my squadron is that they are for pilots only. Doesnt matter if they aren't / can't both be utilized at the same time.

That argument is still around? We settled it this way in both my squadrons: if the length of the flight required 3 pilots and 2 FEs, than the bunks were reserved for them. If the flight time was less, they were first come first served among the entire crew. The pilots and FEs would complain that "by NATOPS, they're for us" yet they could never find that written in the manuals.

Of course I was a crew holding MC since the day I first became a TACCO so I just told the pilots and FEs to fuck off and did as I pleased when they started whinning.

 

[robav8r]

It's already been established that the A/C can fly itself in almost every flight regime and . . . without the need for an FE. The reclining seats SHALL be used by the TACCO and whomever else he/she sees fit for mission planning, movie watching or NFO crew rest