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I have not logged time in either, and I am unqualified to fly it and I was just making a comment maybe an over exaggeration at most on how it "sucks"
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Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)
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To be truly fair, I don't think sitting in coach counts as evaluating cockpit ergonomics. Just a hunch.
How many people played sports while flying? When I was enlisted I was on the All-Marine Rugby team and played through college as well. I had stopped playing at TBS and through flight school so far. As I get farther into this process, it is feeling like my rugby playing days are probably over. A couple convos I've had with IPs have basically ended in "well, don't expect to play ever, unless you have the coolest CO ever". Is that basically what I can expect?
I've had a very injury free career playing rugby, bu I guess what is the ready rooms tolerance of black eyes and such?
The coach of the All-Marine team was a LtCol flying 46s at the time and his call sign was shiner. He made it seem like rugby in aviation was A-okay. But some IPs I've talked to throughout the primary/advanced track so far have said to plan on never playing again.
I wouldn't do anything with a high injury potential until you're winged.
One note of caution, we had two folks on All-Navy sports teams (soccer and rugby) in my first squadron and they were gone a significant amount of time and that caused problems. They were gone enough that it caused them issues getting qual'd, not to mention that it caused resentment among other JO's who had to carry more of the load when they were gone.
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Guys...I never sat in Coach or a 737, only ghetto class on a Soul Plane
No.....Isn't that where the NFO's sit?
Touche sir
Learning has occurred.
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Initializing Brain Cells...
Also, it might not look too good if you're <6mos from a deployment and you bust a knee, etc...
It depends on your long term goals. If you are in for eight, and then done, you may be fine. Balancing sports and flying is difficult.
I ride horses competitively, and have had to really work my schedule to make that happen. As far as the injuries go, it's amazing what you can fly with, and how much you can massage your schedule if you are/know the Skeds-O.
Short of a broken leg/torn ACL, you can press. I've shown up with shiners, broken digits/ribs/nose/tailbone, hobbled through back/neck/leg/foot injuries, and never had any problems from the command. I missed one day of flying with a dislocated large toe that wouldn't fit in the boot. That was from Krav Maga, not even riding...
I worked the sked so I didn't fly for a couple weeks after a nasty wreck on a friend's horse (already had PPT for the month) left me pretty sore.
Everyone is different, and has a different pain tolerance. I got lucky and dodged real injury, but I've seen guys go med down for months following injuries in basketball and lifting. Play smart, and accept the consequences if you get hurt.
At the end of the day you can get hurt doing anything, might as well have fun...
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