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What Percent get Jets?
- Thread starter Maine Vaulter
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I wanted to fly helos even before I checked into API. It wasn't until my primary onwing, a single-seat Hornet type, got me all worked up about wanting jets that I waivered from that original idea. Still, I was only about half sold. My grades shook out well enough but the Navy needed helo pilots the week I selected (18 out of 20 went rotary)...so, like many have said before...
...rock beats scissors, and N.O.T.N. beats all. Still, I'm glad things worked out the way they did.
...rock beats scissors, and N.O.T.N. beats all. Still, I'm glad things worked out the way they did.
I wanted jets or helos going in, leaning a little more toward jets. After my first couple flights in the T-34, what with being strapped to a chute and in a narrow cockpit, the scale started to tip towards helos. Then came BIs and having to wear the O2 mask.....jets dropped off the radar screen. That, and I decided I didn't want to study the necessary amount to get a jet NSS. All told, I absolutely love flying helos now and want to do it even when I leave the Navy.
This used to be a valid question for us Aircrew-types when S-3's were around. Going through A-School I worked to keep my grades up as I wanted S-3's bad (not so much for "jet", but for tailhook AND it had the most modern sub-hunting gear at the time). The downside was that ALL AW's with good depth-perception HAD to spend one of our two choices on helos. Come graduation day, I was number 2 in grades but got my 2nd choice (HSL West) anyway. As a matter-of-fact, the top 3 grads got HSL that day. The number 8 or 9 dude got the only VS slot for that week.
Once I got into the H-2 and experienced the wonder that is rotary-wing flight, I never looked back.
Once I got into the H-2 and experienced the wonder that is rotary-wing flight, I never looked back.
I wanted jet grades just for personal performance. However I wanted P-3's for the deployment cycles. I did 5 years on carriers and was stationed on a P-3 base after that so I knew how things worked. It all worked out as H-3's were like P-3's. Gotta love the Per Diem.
BTW, HI, moving 2000 miles sucks and I'm glad it's done.
I was having a drunken conversation just a mere 2 nights ago and for any Marine types reading this, it's interesting:
-My TBS Company had 120 Air Contracts
-As far as I can tell, 18 of those got J1 or J2
-as of the way it sits right now, 8 got Hornets, 2 got Harriers, and the other 8 haven't finished.
I was having a drunken conversation just a mere 2 nights ago and for any Marine types reading this, it's interesting:
-My TBS Company had 120 Air Contracts
-As far as I can tell, 18 of those got J1 or J2
-as of the way it sits right now, 8 got Hornets, 2 got Harriers, and the other 8 haven't finished.
If he used his BJ (it IS capitalized, after all) skills and only got Hummers (no pun intended) then his BJ skillz ain't all that!!!
JTB7
Member
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
You might want to work on your math. 18 out of 120 = 15%, but if you're talking the guys that finished 10 out of 120 = 8.3%. You did the math based on the number of hornet guys, so your correct (albeit flawed sample size) statment would be:So you have a 6.6666666666666666666666666666667% of getting jets.
So you have a 6.6666666666666666666666666666667% of getting Hornets.
Phrog guys can do math? Come on... who helped you? :icon_tong
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
No one, but please note - I had 8 hours and 6 minutes to work on it
JTB7
Member
My bad.:dunce_125
Update to 11 Hornets, 3 Harriers, 4 unfinished. I can assure you this is not a standard while I've been around, Harriers seem to have more spots available.