He just might or perhaps he didn't think he would get that much attention. A lot of dumb questions, like being at an airshow. I think he's done alright from what I've read.
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He just might or perhaps he didn't think he would get that much attention. A lot of dumb questions, like being at an airshow. I think he's done alright from what I've read.
Concur...He dropped a name for an IP (his onwing) that was in VT-27 during the period he said he was there. Hmmm look at that...I know him. I have a call into him so he can jump on this too.
Airshow type questions...he must have not done too many airshows or he would be sick of those type questions.
I invited him over for a look. He may already be here and we haven't connected the dots.
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That OP has a slight, but strange "odor"! If he is real, and his squadronmates read his post, he'd be hooted out of the ready room. Callsign JIHAD does not compute...
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That OP has a slight, but strange "odor"! If he is real, and his squadronmates read his post, he'd be hooted out of the ready room. Callsign JIHAD does not compute...
aperbag_BzB
Just finished reading the entire post over there, with a quick dinner break...heads spinnin', eyes are bleary,,,but I think he's real. One of our members here on AW has invited the group over there interested in USN Aviation career to come over here...he beat me to it!! LOL!!
G'nite...:sleep_125
G'nite...:sleep_125
Says the sudent, non-winged aviator
By all means I am NOT trying to fit into shoes bigger than I can fill... I know full well my place in the Naval Aviation pecking order....
But from reading his posts, he sounds like a tool.... You can be a tool in any walk of life.... Actor, politician, computer programmer, naval aviator...
If that thread said "Ask a real race car driver" and he came off the same way I would say "That race car driver is making himself out to be a tool"... He may be legit, he may be a very nice guy... but he comes off a little douchey over the internet.
Since everyone seems so interested, I went over and took a look ... I'm not gonna' join as the guy apparently has 'built-in safeguards' to prevent anyone asking 'too much' ... and he doesn't like flying in the airlines, although he's absolutely clueless as to what the job & flying and the pay is like ... 
>>>The guy seems like someone who is dying for attention<<<. I don't know whether or not he's the 'real-deal', but here's a couple of observations:
Question: How LSO 'certs' do you currently hold?? Answer: "I hold no "certs" right now. In a new squadron and haven't qualed up."
I've never -- ever -- heard any LSO speak of 'certs' ... it's always 'quals' or 'qualifications' or 'designation(s)' ... but 'certs' and the phrase 'qualed up' are totally foreign to me ... and I was an experienced LSO w/ lots of W/O's in my pickle.
The progression of 'quals'/'designations' of at least one guy I'm familiar w/:
Field qual/designation ...
Squadron qual/designation ...
Wing qual/designation ...
Training qual/designation ...
Staff qual/designation was next if I ... *check-check -- I mean he* ... had stayed in for the CAG tour for which orders had been proffered ... but I ** check-check -- I mean 'he'** opted for the airlines and the not-so-friendly skies ...
But as you can see ... not 'certs' or 'qual'in up' in the vernacular ...
"When I'm not flying I am running my division. I'm in charge of ~ 100 enlisted men and women that fix our jets."
As near as I can tell -- he's in an F'inA-18C squadron ??? And he's probably an LT -- and thus has a division (but a LT and still no LSO 'qual'in up' yet???) ... BUT:
A ~ 100 man/woman enlisted division .. ???!!! 100 fuckin' E-men/(wo)men division in a Navy tactical squadron ... ??? !!!
The biggest seagoing carrier squadron I ever saw was @ 350-375 peeps -- mebbe 400 -- total. THERE OBVIOUSLY WERE NO 100 PEOPLE DIVISIONS RUN BY A FREAKIN' O-3 LT WHO THEREFORE WOULD HAVE BEEN 'running' VIRTUALLY 1/3 OF THE ENTIRE SQUADRON (??!!). I think not ...
The biggest divisions in terms of total #'s were probably the Line Division (@ 40 or so) and mebbe the Ordies w/ certainly no more total bodies than the Line shack. And this was in a 16 plane ATTACK 'Ron w/ around 370 people total ...
Sooooooooooo ... mebbe a current F'inA-18C squadron has more people than an A-6 squadron ??? I doubt it ...
>>>The guy seems like someone who is dying for attention<<<. I don't know whether or not he's the 'real-deal', but here's a couple of observations:
Question: How LSO 'certs' do you currently hold?? Answer: "I hold no "certs" right now. In a new squadron and haven't qualed up."
I've never -- ever -- heard any LSO speak of 'certs' ... it's always 'quals' or 'qualifications' or 'designation(s)' ... but 'certs' and the phrase 'qualed up' are totally foreign to me ... and I was an experienced LSO w/ lots of W/O's in my pickle.
The progression of 'quals'/'designations' of at least one guy I'm familiar w/:
Field qual/designation ...
Squadron qual/designation ...
Wing qual/designation ...
Training qual/designation ...
Staff qual/designation was next if I ... *check-check -- I mean he* ... had stayed in for the CAG tour for which orders had been proffered ... but I ** check-check -- I mean 'he'** opted for the airlines and the not-so-friendly skies ...
But as you can see ... not 'certs' or 'qual'in up' in the vernacular ...
"When I'm not flying I am running my division. I'm in charge of ~ 100 enlisted men and women that fix our jets."
As near as I can tell -- he's in an F'inA-18C squadron ??? And he's probably an LT -- and thus has a division (but a LT and still no LSO 'qual'in up' yet???
) ... BUT:A ~ 100 man/woman enlisted division .. ???!!! 100 fuckin' E-men/(wo)men division in a Navy tactical squadron ... ??? !!!
The biggest seagoing carrier squadron I ever saw was @ 350-375 peeps -- mebbe 400 -- total. THERE OBVIOUSLY WERE NO 100 PEOPLE DIVISIONS RUN BY A FREAKIN' O-3 LT WHO THEREFORE WOULD HAVE BEEN 'running' VIRTUALLY 1/3 OF THE ENTIRE SQUADRON (??!!). I think not ...
The biggest divisions in terms of total #'s were probably the Line Division (@ 40 or so) and mebbe the Ordies w/ certainly no more total bodies than the Line shack. And this was in a 16 plane ATTACK 'Ron w/ around 370 people total ...
Sooooooooooo ... mebbe a current F'inA-18C squadron has more people than an A-6 squadron ??? I doubt it ...
Whoa, a kinder, gentler Lord Bunk? Are you now now back from your reign in the Far East?
Says the sudent, non-winged aviator
I'll cut statesman some slack. He knows his place. Bevo introduced me to him. He said "Oh, you are FlyBoyd" as he handed me a beer. Good enough for me.
[/B]"When I'm not flying I am running my division. I'm in charge of ~ 100 enlisted men and women that fix our jets."
As near as I can tell -- he's in an F'inA-18C squadron ??? And he's probably an LT -- and thus has a division (but a LT and still no LSO 'qual'in up' yet???
A ~ 100 man/woman enlisted division .. ???!!! 100 fuckin' E-men/(wo)men division in a Navy tactical squadron ... ??? !!!
The biggest seagoing carrier squadron I ever saw was @ 350-375 peeps -- mebbe 400 -- total. THERE OBVIOUSLY WERE NO 100 PEOPLE DIVISIONS RUN BY A FREAKIN' O-3 LT WHO THEREFORE WOULD HAVE BEEN 'running' VIRTUALLY 1/3 OF THE ENTIRE SQUADRON (??!!). I think not ...
The biggest divisions in terms of total #'s were probably the Line Division (@ 40 or so) and mebbe the Ordies w/ certainly no more total bodies than the Line shack. And this was in a 16 plane ATTACK 'Ron w/ around 370 people total ...
Sooooooooooo ... mebbe a current F'inA-18C squadron has more people than an A-6 squadron ??? I doubt it ...
I think this embellishment would be easy to understand, if this guy is genuine. I'm sorry, but going on a poker board w/ an "ask a fighter pilot" thread begs of toolishness. I think he's just building his ego by twisting some numbers.
No really...this IS six inches right?
Yeah yeah, I just don't understand why he's trying to say it's six inches to a bunch of card players . . .
I don't know *enough* to know for sure, but the stuff he has said that I have experience with seems to check out. If he's a phony (and I think guys like A4s and such have a better phony-radar than I) he's a pretty good one. Agreed that it seems to be a bit of an "I love me" thread, but then again, what fighter pilot doesn't like talking about their job? "Son, don't ask a man if he is a (fighter) pilot. If he is, he'll let you know.....if he isn't, don't embarrass him" (bold added for realism)