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Just trying to understand the dynamics of the program ('cause I'm headed that way shortly).... You washed out for not being able to land the Diamond in a crosswind well? Or was it some sort of decision making issue? Was it just a bad landing or something unsafe?

A minor point of clarification - it's a 30mm not a .50cal @hddriven411: One of my friends suggested "Mental Math for Pilot" - as a way of speeding up their ability to take typical time/distance/units/blah/blah problems and quickly solve/spot errors, etc That or ...if you're still going to...

He would have had at the very least pass a type ride in the RA-390 - which is to ATP Standards... He has two type ratings, technically three if you count the P-51, as well as an ATP MEL/SEL. The type in the P-51 does take a large level of proficient stick and rudder skills to achieve...

Well fellas.... looks like there's a loop hole for the pilot academia institutions out there to get their paying customers hired prior to the 1500 hours: (d) Credit Toward Flight Hours- The Administrator may allow specific academic training courses, beyond those required under subsection...

Great point - There will probably be a huge flood of everyone becoming a CFI to grab the hours. ....which is another topic altogether.... CFI inbreeding... A ~250hr CFI disperses his/her 250 hour, 172 mostly VFR controlled conditions, aeronautical wisdom on future pilots who then go on to become...

Exactly - all the hours in the world won't help if you consistently fail checkrides. An alternative answer may have been to drastically raise the certification requirements/standards on the Commercial/ATP level.

I don't really, really see a lot of relevance to the Buffalo crash.... the FO had like 2200 hours or something. It's a great thing to have the mins over what they are now - but I don't think it'll be the "Fix-all" that everyone seems to be looking for. Quality of time is also arguable. I guess...

Sneaky bastards.... On a serious note... you really need to show the board the return of the prodigal son... Don't pay for sex, don't drink until you're 21... and then don't ever, ever drink and drive Congrats on getting your Private Pilot Certificate.... now, since you have an FAA...

Dude... this is bad Situational Awareness... when you hear sirens, you got to drop the booze and run... What's going on man... caught twice?!? Either the cops have it out for you... or some bad headwork brother....

Hopefully he'll get to keep the seat!

That big red stamp doesn't say non-select...it says 'determination' ... Do what you want...but don't think because you didn't get selected the first go, you're going to have a black mark from here on. Many, many people on this board got picked up on their next attempts.

Yes, with the ANG It's a little more of a personal process - you can apply and interview at some units without having your degree yet (but you'd have to be pretty close to finishing.. last year or semester) - unit depending. The upsides are that you know what airframe you'll fly before you...

Great pics - What a knife fight!

Ha... just about...there is definitely a fun factor to doing lead/lag, rolling/flat scissors in a radial engine aircraft.... you can hear that engine chugging away and the prop fighting for air... smell of burnt oil and avgas.... I'm sure everything would seem in slow-mo for some of you guys...

The CJ is the same with the compressor and emergency air as far as I know (with the Yak). Although each CJ seems to have different "air system characteristics" .. holding more or less, leak patterns, etc. The CJ doesn't charge really that fast at all - or at least the ones I flew. Nittany...

Yes, they are hand brakes...it takes getting used to! The L-39 is a lot more sensitive on the brakes. And yes, taxi excessively and the air will be drained (personal experience) -same with touch and goes for the CJ it takes about 5 atm for each pneumatic operation ( flaps, gear, etc)... But if...

Excellent Point!!! I wonder if it is actually cheaper to operate than the Preds?

Don't know if this is relevant, but in 2009 (don't know if there still is) there were several F-22s getting dropped out of UPT. Don't know the details... I'm Hacker or someone like that could share... but they were being sent straight down to Tyndall. Other people have said that new guys...

Can't see jack - I don't know what they were talking about in the book about "excellent visibility" must've been a different model.

That sucker is huge

While you're waiting - I humbly suggest applying to various other military pilot type opportunities... i.e. Air National Guard, AFR, etc. It takes the edge off the wait - (and like in my case) if you do get rejected from the Navy, you may get picked up else where. Don't freak out...

The sites have been largely taken off-line. There was one on the NY recruiter blog - but I don't really know - there's information around here on it. Either way - who cares about what percent gets selected!?!? Just get your ducks in a row, give it 100% and apply. Your recruiter will give you...

Dude..... 73 is pretty baller, I'd stick with that - it's in the top (very small percent) Are you just trying to rub it in? :icon_wink

got a 7/8/8 ~60 ... and was professionally rejected (non-select) from the Navy.... 'course that may have something to do with the whole dead-hooker-in-the-trunk incident. In all honestly, the ASTB was pretty easy compared to the AFOQT... I didn't study for the ASTB... but....if I was...

So... does that work at the female strip clubs too? ...I keed, I keed...

Yeah, I think I got some bad info. Someone had mentioned carrying 3300lbs of weapons, 1200lbs fuel and 7000lb empty weight...

Why the back-seater? Underpowered for the Afghan, 1600shp for a 12,000lb aircraft? I don't know much about anything... but those numbers just seem questionable for such a high density altitude, single engine deal.

No idea... sure someone on here knows... Thanks! It's probably the best feeling ever - I'm still scratching my head... it's a huge privilege ....but right now I'm in the same boat as the pro-recs...in that there are still things that could possibly happen to change things... hopefully not...

Consider the guard dude...it's a good deal for many reasons

Jeremiah Weed also makes a sweet tea vodka - it's tastes a lot better than the original stuff... and better than the Firefly. - IMHO it tastes good with just water. Rocks glass, shot, and water to the top... When I bartended, we got bottles of all of it - the JW is the best one I've tasted...

Ok, I'm pretty sure I agree with what you're saying.. but I'm having a hard time with some of the verbage... Does this sound about right?: Governments have an intrinsic propensity to do whatever is in their best interest, whether it be good or bad - governments tend to sway towards tyranny and...

While not directly, per se.... When the 2nd Amendment reached the Senate, it included the words "for the common defense", that phrase was rejected on the grounds that the right to own "arms" was a right regardless of how is was to be used (i.e. hunting) - to include private reasons. The 2nd...

Joe, Congrats!!! Great story - it's very encouraging. Good luck with the final select, OCS, and flight school!

I was a pro-reject for the June Boards.... congrats to those who got the selects! Solid stats from all of you all... And for any of you that got the disappointing words: Never say die! Keep on applying! Service in the military as an officer (or in any way) is an amazing privilege to be able...

I just find it ironic that the then would be Administration blasted Petraeus and now puts him in charge.

House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) called McChrystal the latest in a list of “reckless, renegade generals who haven’t seemed to understand that their role is to implement policy, not design [it].” :icon_rage:icon_rage

That is a great book... I'm sure you being in the military can appreciate that much more.. but even from a civilian side... it's just a great book about a great man. I don't think I put it down... especially during the parts about flying the P-80 and Meteor for the first time... Wow.... that...

There was just a job opening for a navigator on a "diesel-8" from NASA... don't see too many of those anymore! Nice lookin birds though!

Is it still standard for the whale to have 3 guys?

Haha....the other pilots are usually the guys who are asleep in an aisle row by the time the cabin door closes.:) I'm nobody and the company I work for doesn't have jumpseating privis so they have to pay for every ticket to reposition an aircraft... but the other day the FA on an ERJ asked me...

Had the unique opportunity to train with a certain two star admiral (ret) who was inducted in the IAC hall of fame. Man, could that guy fly that airplane! I think I learned more from a couple hours with him than I have in aerobatics or even flying in general - let me rephrase that...learned more...

Good point... I better paint one though. Went up to learn the finer points of snaps and the lomcevak - and realized just how badly I could screw it all up in the Pitts - at one point I couldn't tell if the airplane departed and was already in an inverted flat or about to go in one - luckly the...

Does yours have the white line on the panel?

good point... I can't imagine the damage of one Mig-XX getting through...and getting a lucky shot at a C-17 or C-5. MiG-21 = fuel emergency when you start the engines. :D

maybe Clint Eastwood could steal it and bring it back?

Thanks for the link!! Just ordered it! Btw.. have a MiG-21 and two MiG-17s (A/B) for sale if anyone wants them.. all single seat though.

Had a chance to screw around with a Garmin 696 in the kneeboard configuration - wow!! just wow!! I can't think of anything that it can't do. Want an approach plate - bam, done... want XM weather done... " If the current approach is known, the 696 automatically selects the correct chart based...

Good luck all...I guess our fate has been decided. My OR seemed to think June had seen almost record apps... maybe that was only for our district, I don't know... but a link on usnavyocs.com seemed to suggest that SNA was 74% filled for the FY before the June/Sept boards... SNFO looked to be...

Personally, I'd go with option B If you're record is clean and that's all you have - It's not really a big deal... get the points removed. Option A just doesn't make any sense. There was a certain judge in FL in a certain county that if you contested a ticket, she would more than likely...

Whatever happen to that JAL CEO that took a pay cut less than the pilots?