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According to the article it's gonna be fitted to the ctrline tanks. Wonder what that's gonna do to look up and overall FOV. Prolly get FNAEBd for jetting it if you had to.

Regardless, an IRST would be a nice addition. Hope it plays out.

Yeah man, concur with Lonestar. Don't worry about it and smoke your remaining flights. Selecting Hornets is still a long time away for you anyway.

I agree its a little risky but it does give your statement a personal signature that may help your name be remembered. I wouldn't search for humor, but if the opportunity arises to weave something quick and not controversial/dirty, I'd consider it.

That was a couple of years ago. It was actually pretty interesting and informative. Hopefully, its still fairly short and sweet.

I think anyone who's ridden a Greyhound understands your point.

^^^^ and when it comes time for the JOs to pick duties for the next month. :D

^^^^ About a 45 minute lecture from the FAA for us uncertified types.

Ahh, good to hear.

Many military jets are non-RVSM, so its hard to get up as high as we'd like on cross countries. Really not too big of a deal though. We're just happy to be on the road.

Don't let anyone discourage you from applying. Expect a lot interviews and painful written statements. But in the end, it's a worthy goal and nothing is written in stone.

BTW, picking a platform because of its rag is not a good idea even if its a tie breaker. The rag is still more like flight school than the fleet. At least my experience in Lemoore.

Respectfully, I wouldn't consider enjoying re-attacks as a go/no go for putting hornets down as your first choice. The vast majority of everything we do isn't even hinted upon in FS. TurnandBurn I'm sure will argue (he always does) but re-attacks, displacement turns and all that are really...

I would recommend either getting married ASAP or waiting to live together until after wings. If she moves with you as just a gf, she is giving up her career and family/friends for you without any security if things don't work out or something should happen to you. Not trying to be a downer but...

The rhino and legacies are quite different airframes. The burner/no burner decision is based on the GW/asymetry numbers you crunch prior to launch. They are unique to your airframe. You can actually make the rhino pretty fat with gas and bombs before she needs burner. Engineers, please take...

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Certainly didn't mean to pick a fight and I don't know anything about the airline profession. Of course, I didn't mention anything suggesting I did. I was respectfully disagreeing with your choice of words about a future NA.

Isn't Texas gonna secede anyways?

You evidence a SCAB mentality. Negative rep me all you want. This is a strong statement about a kid who is in the Navy flight program, not some dude bitching about his pay. Maybe he made a mis-informed comment, but shitting on his character for that post was wrong.

Dude, I got bdcp as a slob, beer drinkin general studies major. It's all about gpa. I think the navy knows engineers don't make any better fleet aviators. That ROTC guy might be right, but ROTC cadre are always trying to recruit just like officer recruiters. However, if you're looking for info...

Either give em the motors or fix the damn pylons.

Ok, if you don't say anything else on this thread you might be ok. Don't argue with anything that may come down range. I'm sure it was an innocent post but ya gotta consider the entire audience. Good call on the edit.

Oh boy, here it comes. Fight's on, tapes on. Defend yourself.

Wow, I don't know if that's a good catch or you have seen that movie way too many times. Wait, saw your profile. Question answered. Let the ridicule start.......now.

One day in college at Fat Ron's (McDonalds) I saw some poor soul wrangling a giant chud out of the can in the men's head. That image still keeps things in perspective for me when I'm asked to do something not so fun. Even our worst days can't be that bad. Hang in there.

There's always something. I think that Tori and Dean is the next new abortion playing on our TV. At least MNF is only 4 short months away...SHIT! How I long for the cruise time "Roll 'ems"

More like an aileron roll but a great song anyway.

Haha, you've been in the TRACOM too long. Nicely done though.

And if you're one of the chosen to be a backseater you get a front row...err second row seat to the scariest shit-show you'd ever wanna see. (at night) And no controls either unless you count the ejection seat. Still, wouldn't trade it for the world, except a pilot slot of course. Whoo-hoo.

You think it's a pain in the ass now? Wait till your married and have to deal with desperate housewives and oprah reruns after 7 hours of office work... I keed sweetie.

Hey man, best of luck to you. I'd take this job over anything else out there. I just want to emphasize to stay away from drugs. Some of your friends may start messing around with that stuff soon and the military wants nothing to do with a kid that's into that. I'm sure you know better, but peer...

Specific mission planning? Get with an experienced pilot/WSO or get in touch an SFTI at the weps school. Not sure about the left coast but there were some great civvies to call at the east coast weapons school for administrator/MX issues. Bottom line, the manuals tend to suck for everyday...

Does he ever say "oohhhh, hey there muscley-arms" ?

Does anyone with company experience think technology in the cockpit is helping people get into the regional-carrier world that might otherwise be unprepared/unqualified?

Bubba, I had the distinct pleasure of being a JMPS O for a couple of years. After about 6 months, I learned how not to piss it off. The civvie jmps bubbas at the schoolhouse were awesome too. Certainly, not a collateral I'd ever want again. Better than Squadron Meat Gazer O I guess though.

One of those dateline-type shows did a good piece on the Colgan issue last night. I think they did a solid job of revealing the shit wages=inexperienced, potentially shitty pilot equation. Also, they showed a new stat that less than 25 percent of company guys are ex-military as opposed to 85...

Yeah JMPS is pretty nice once you've taken your licks. Oops, sorry for the jack guys. Back to our half naked volleyball matches.

You don't want a rhino guy planning HARM. Saw it once during SFARP. Not a pretty sight. Even our HARM U grad just looked at the computer screen like my dog when I put him on the phone. In fairness, we get very little practice. We do appreciate the help though. I always wished we had more...

Don't sweat any API swim quals. They sound tough, and they are challenging, but I've seen dudes that swam as good as cinder blocks get through. They typically have a solid training staff there. Good luck.

Well, we have plenty of tactics to geek out on which keeps us busy. I don't think I coulda done the E2 thing with all the systems piled on to tactical comms/controlling studies. Plus, the aforementioned dickmouth tendency that sometimes ensues. You can actually hear the newbies' head explode...

BTW, being in the trunk of an F18 isn't a bad way to earn a paycheck if things don't go your way. Really, a win-win if you are looking at the NFO route. I have to say as an NFO-Pilot transition guy, if you enjoy flying, I'd recommend pilot.

Somthing else to be aware of: there are a lot of jet/E2 NFOs. There is a real possibility you will have to be toward the top of your class to select maritime. Obviously, this changes weekly but we had one P3 spot for 3 guys wanting it back in my class in 2004. I agree with earlier posts: work...

from NATOPS: 1. Only values (pressures, temps, quantity) that can be read in the cockpit are stated. Only information required to fly the plane is provided. 2. NWC's are kept at an absolute minimum since everything in the manual could be considered a NWC. My personal fave as a general studies...

Yeah, rhino NATOPS actually had a blurb in the beginning that said something to the affect that it was purposely shortened and simplified so aircrew would actually stay engaged with it. Good thing too. There are so many flux capacitors you really don't have a choice but to say "I believe." Very...

I wasn't too impressed with the carrier series so I'd recommend keeping your money and continue asking questions and even get your significant other on here. My wife was preggers while I was in the Gulf last year so she can probably answer many of your questions without the sugar coating. I'm...

If this is the case, there are a few misinformed instructors in corpus. I guess what I'm asking is how do I calculate my NSS now and will this affect what % get jets? Oh yeah, if a cessna is on a treadmill, will it fly? Ok, I think I've pissed off enough people now. Back to studying for...

Tough times man. Other than makin sure you look squared away for your board. I'd think long and hard about these 3 questions because I'd be willing to bet the board will ask you. 1. How did this happen twice? Be very humble and don't make any excuses 2. Why should you stay in the program...

Nice post. Still hear/read about him quite a bit in the fightertown O clubs. Certainly not forgotten.

Bullet #3 is still valid today. Sure, you shacked the target and got the ok 3, but do you know when to pull the sweaty? How do you attack a slow roller? These are tactics that will make or break your ace-deuce career and thus must be trained upon constantly.

I hear ya. The former S-3 bubbas are all over this topic like sh!t on velcro. Made for an interesting NSAWC journal debate....no actually it was excruciating. Either way, we'll still WOW the FOD walkers with our 250kt flybys.