The sarcasm was not directed at you.. I got accused of faking being sick when I got Medevac'd.
Ahh, gotcha. Sorry. That wasn't my intent.
The sarcasm was not directed at you.. I got accused of faking being sick when I got Medevac'd.
Was there ever anything about this in Approach, or somewhere else that I can read up on it? I'm too lazy to try a search on AW right now, but if you've talked about it here, I'll find it.Oh, kind of like how it took my squadron's guys who jumped out of 601 MONTHS to fly again.. Nevermind we were on cruise, it was a more or less obvious mechanical malfunction, and we were short THREE pilots on top of the two we were short when we left. (One died in mishap, One FNAEB, and I got sick enough to be MEDEVAC'd off the IKE to be put in a hospital in Bahrain)
Interesting to hear the fallout of an actual board. I'm sorry to hear the outcome, as I was figuring as I read it that things had worked out. I've known people that desperately needed a FNAEB, but never actually heard the specifics of a real one. A couple questions--I'm assuming the board floats a recommendation to the Admiral? If so, did you know what that recommendation was before you flew down to have your face-to-face? Did the Admiral go with that recommendation?
A couple questions--I'm assuming the board floats a recommendation to the Admiral? If so, did you know what that recommendation was before you flew down to have your face-to-face? Did the Admiral go with that recommendation?
Also, did anyone ever recommend a HFB for you before talking about a FNAEB? Not sure if that's even warranted for a training syllabus timeline problem, but it seems like a logical interim step. From your description, I'm thinking there was some bad juju between you and your skipper, or other come-to-jesus meetings that happened leading up to the skipper's decision. How much leeway does a skipper have to extend that qual timeline?
- only the stupidest of skippers would convene a FNEAB without prior HFB(s).
That's for sure. I'm all about continuing to train until people get it, but some don't, and instead of dealing with them, or spending any real time identifying their problems and trying to correct them, we shuffle them to the bench for a bit. Then, some time later, the ball hits his slot on the roulette wheel, and he goes to a new unit. Only this time, he's more senior, so doesn't have to "prove" himself anymore, and does a ground job without sucking, so he continues to advance. I've known of pilots who were heinously bad, but whose COs didn't have the sack to directly address the problem by any means other than selective scheduling.
Assuming the FNAEB is for a "human factor" like failing to obtain a qual. Most FNAEBs that I've heard of are due to a moment of sheer stupidity or dumb-luck resulting in a mishap.
Sadly, I've seen this more than once. It's a serious problem because the CO still tries to write them up like they are a rockstar because "we wouldn't want to destroy their career." Now you have a real piece of $hit continuing to advance (and yes some even make CO), or kill someone because when the opportunity was there the person with the ability didn't have the testicular fortitude to do what was necessary.
I think most people with more than a couple of years in have seen at least one.
Seen or been subjected to?