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Good point. But I also wouldn't cite a chat board for a term paper either. I'm not sure if, "Saltpeter says", would have much credibility in terms of research.

Why not call the HR department of an airline, submit your qualifications, and ask with whom you could conduct an interview for a college term paper. I'm sure your professor will assist you in the proper channels to contact an airline representative. Secondly, consider contacting ALPA and...

The second best part is Airforce instructor pilots in training, with callsigns such as, ICEMAN.

The best part of Randolph is the bagged lunch.

Why not call the place where you picked up your application and ask them directly?

If your a high school student that wants to fly helos I'd suggest you talk to an Army recruiter. The Army has a high school to flight school program, where you'll be commission a Warrant Officer and your sole job will be to fly. It's a great deal. Also, check out the Air Guard units around the...

How dare they bash Tom Cruise's character in TOP Gun. During the movie he only drank one beer and dated one woman, how crazy is that, geez. Oh yeah this thread is about Randy "Duke" Cunningham, bad, bad, bad. However, his former XO complains about doing all the sqaudron's paperwork, is that what...

I've decided to place my own ad: FO wasted away until he couldn't be found from overwork and the inability to buy decent food; we think he might still be in one of the pockets somewhere, if you can find him...

Because with only two squadron's your chance of making C.O. is nil.

Delta Captains Uniform removed from Ebay Ebay recently pulled a listing that a Delta Air Lines Captain had placed on the auction site. Up for sale? Captain Wendall Lewis's Captain's uniform. After Lewis saw his monthly pension of $6500 slashed by 73%, he decided to make a statement. And...

I just go in the bathroom when I need to blaze a doobie, Uh,Uh a cigarette.

The Dilbert Dunker has been relagated to extinction. Do they still give you the parchute ride behind the boat at P-Cola, Whee?

It supposedly started as a crusty old chief's tradition where they would carry a bullet in the chamber of their handgun to the club. Eventually, some smart person reasoned that guns and ammo have no place in a social setting and outlawed the pratice. Being crusty and thrifty chief's began...

Call OPM directly to recitify your question. The Office of Personnel Management handles all security investigations and will be able to put your mind at ease. No doubt you'll have to explain your situation to the investigator when you meet with him.

What? I did hear hear you.

Don't about the tickle in you belly when you had to jump off the high dive and swim half the pool length underwater.

Gucci dudes seem to be the one's who really take pride in there callsign's. Just give yourself one and put it on your nametake and pretend not to hear anyone who uses a callsign you don't agree with.

The miltary will issue you a shot record card. I'd suggest you always bring this with you to physical or a flu shot may not be the only one you'll get twice.

This is a question that would have to be answered by the docs. at NOMI directly. I'd have your recruiter call them and ask if there is a waiver available if you are evaluated by your personal physician that can attest that you no longer have a learning disability. Although; many illessness that...

0500, for ground jobs, yikes. I remember the morning meetings for maint. beggining at 0730 and lasting app. 15 mikes. Everyone else began showing up closer to 0900 and the hall were deserted by 1630. But, I wasn't in the VP's and yes the it was kinder and gentler. Flight schedules were always...

If you go through a recruiter, he will simply place you in the first available billet. To find your own billet, you must sign up for the Apply Board. If your junior, LT or less, and aviaiton good luck finding a job. Best bet is to get in the system and grease some palms. Although, if you are...

As a side note, if you are passed over for promotion, which sounds like it may become more common as the reserves cut numbers. You will be afforded the opportunity to drill on weekends without pay, although you will continue to acquire retirement points.

IRR is a non-drilling reservist, which means that you are supposed to keep Millington abreast of your current address and tele. Unfortunately, Millington can only accurartely locate about 50% of these people. Admiral Cotton would like to "be able to reach out and touch these people." Oh yeah...

To add to my last post and I'll have to use Navy jargon. If an enlisted person transitions to be an officer after having been a Chief, his/her experience will be of great benefit. This is clearly seen is the caliber of individual that becomes an LDO, or as is the rumor that says, Chief's may...

I'd have to disagree that having spent time as an enlisted man/woman makes anyone a better officer. Officer's a ranked among there peers and chiefs by the ground jobs they've held and how well they do them, period. I personnally couldn't turn a wrench to save my life and have never needed to...

The military is simply trying ensure that they get a return on their investment. They figure that if you can put up with the b.s. of college you'll have a better chance of putting up with it in the military. It wasn't long ago that the Navy didn't even require a college degree. Nav Cad's (Seaman...

Yup, but remember pilot's don't fail out of flight school for not be HEMEN or SHEWOMAN. They do, however, fail out for lack of their ability to put their nose in the books. Study hard, the harder the better.

It sounds as tough you interested in apply for the BDCP program. You won't be eligble for the program at a junior college since the Navy is afraid that you may not pursue your bachelor's degree after completing your choosen course of study at a two year college. Personally, I would enroll in a...

Crowbar, I can't hear what you wrote, I must be deaf.

Loud music at places like bars cause more hearing loss than jet engines.

Weirder things have happened. Ask to see that cheesy index card they give you in the plastic little binder you recieve when you get winged.

There use to be one board per year scheduled for PAO, which occurred in October. Check with your recruiter if this still holds true, best of luck, you've got nothing to lose. In the past the probability of get accept was low, but who knows. Or you could get NFO and become airsick and then...

Nuking it would be reading Langewhishe's book, there are no flappers on aircraft - we call them elavators.

If you stall upside down, you'll immediatley be going down like a bat out of hell. You still press the stick forward. The nose will be pointing earthward after the stall occurs.

What about a compressor blade stall? Ah, the engine can stall, cough, cough, sputter, sputter. On a jet engine the laminar flow of air into the intake section is critical. If the angle of attack is abruptly change, the angular change in intake air changes too rapidly and the air/fuel mixture is...

It would also help greatly if you weren't staring straight ahead as you are on a computer. In reality your head is on a swivel. So press alt key 6, alt keypad 2, alt keypad 1, alt key pad 3. I'm kidding.

Sounds like this guys married. Has he told you he can't give out his home phone number either. Kick that douche bag to the curb!

Being that small, every waking minutes was spent in a NICU by my wife and when I wasn't at work me too. The nurses used to have to ask us to leave every night, so they could get work done. It's amazing how many other parents were hardly ever there, shame on them. On kid turned a year and guess...

Yup, a teenager. Born 1 pound six ounces, many years ago. No sleep, no sleep, I still get very little of it. Outside of working, I'm available for him, and my wife agrees - children first. Don't have 'em until you can commit. So for all those that pat themselves on the back for the sacrifices...

For those proponent of putting your kids to bed in their own room and letting them cry themselves to sleep. I'd like to see you cry for fifteen minutes or more and your husband or wife not console you. You'd divorce them quicker than sh^t. Your children are only young once, enjoy it, spoil them...

Could have killed three birds with one stone.

Should have done your high proformance / complex for the commercial licence in a twin, jease.

The performance difference between a 200 h.p. "high performance single" and a 112 h.p. trainer, does not constitute the added expense. The instrument rating will make you a more professional pilot, albeit without the pay. However, you will learn more obtaining that rating, than you will in any...

If your paket is complete, test, medical, application, then it has already been sent to the board and will be seen. I know it's tough, but this is a slow process and the officer corp. is shrinking because of budget constraints. FYI, It has already been discussed that a Senior Chief will command...

Boards are held at the Navy's convience not the applicant's or recruiter's. For future reference, recruiter's attend college career fairs quarter throughout the country in attempt to make it readily apparent to the applicant to apply early.

Easy, wrap the front leg around the rope and then squeeze the rope with your tip toes. I haven't done this since elementary school. It all a function of your feet catching the rope, so they act as a break.

Nah, that's not messed up. That ramp rat is make more coinola than the First Officer. So who made the better career decision?

In the end you'll have to do what everyone else does:market, i.e. sell yourself, to a prospective employer. Your greatest skill is your ability to undertake a demanding task and see it through to a finished product, that's all an employer wants to know. The company will train you on the details...

This is a tough question without knowing what field you'd be interested in working in. Being a former NFO, most of the pilots and NFOs I know are doing something else than flying. First, the pay at the LCC's is low and there's not much in the way of job security. Ultimately, those that want to...

And then forget what you've done in college and worry about what jobs you've held in the Navy. Unless you be passed over for promotion and booted out on you hiney.