Vast amounts of BS all done in order to go flying. 99% of my job is done to earn the 1% of my time thats spent in the air. It could be worse. I could be a supply officer and not have the 1% to look forward to.
Bevo said:Well, if you are "average" among the peer group that is Naval Aviation, that's pretty good.
candidateX said:How do you deal with the complete loss of control of your life, for example?
HA! With you on this one. By far my least favorite thing about getting up the morning.kray1395 said:Maybe it's only me, but I don't like having to shave every day, sometimes twice a day. In other words, I enjoy being in the military, and what I do on a daily basis, so much, that something as stupid as having to shave everyday is what I consider a drawback to what I do.
But it does really suck.
candidateX said:So how much control do you have? I'm guessing not much. You go where they tell you when they tell you right? Can't leave until your commitment is finished, and you can't even tell what you will fly or IF you will fly (NAMI) or what squadron you will go to. I'm guessing you can't just tell your superiors "Aw, shucks, sir, but I'm not going to move again. Sorry."
Concur. With the exception of going on deployment, being in the Navy isn't all that different from a normal civilian job. You go to work in the morning, do your job, then go home at night. Same-same.nittany03 said:Yes, but in the civilian world you're not likely to be telling your boss to take your job and shove it either. Unless, of course, you are highly employable somewhere else or like living off unemployment. I mean, how many civilians get to say, "Nahh, don't feel like going on that business trip to Bumble**** Africa. Find someone else, I'll be here playing XBox."
candidateX said:Can't leave until your commitment is finished, and you can't even tell what you will fly or IF you will fly (NAMI) or what squadron you will go to.
well, only if you're a nuke and you've been completely and irreversably irradiated by the neutron flux distributor near the reactor's core center.Fly Navy said:Complete loss of control of your life? Hardly.
not if you like the smell of mail and stamp glue more than the smell of JP-5 or the hint of oil as you enter the skin of the shipBevo said:Sometimes it sucks, but it is always better than working at the post office.
kray1395 said:Maybe it's only me, but I don't like having to shave every day, sometimes twice a day. In other words, I enjoy being in the military, and what I do on a daily basis, so much, that something as stupid as having to shave everyday is what I consider a drawback to what I do.
But it does really suck.