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Flight School backed up
- Thread starter Cowgirl
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IDK….I was always fond of “Join Naval Aviation or Don’t, Either Way, Go Fuck Yourself” It seems to be a pretty captivating approach.
Fins Out
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How's that attitude working out for retention these days?
The answer is kind of built right in.
hurivac was ready to go, but not executed
Houston got the brunt of it, Corpus was spared
Herivac is when you forget your wife's birthday.
Hurrevac always reminds me of the best two I ever did. First one was as an FNG, all 3 of us flew our jets down to key west the Thursday before fantasy fest, and just hung out for a week until SFARP started. It was no notice, like 0800 phone call day of from the OPSO. I vaguely remember getting in a minor fight with one of the other JOPA about a turkey leg I bought from a street cart and carried around for too long in his opinion
Second memory was my last active tour, and we had solid intel that a cat 5 was about to make landfall, once again, in VA beach (spoiler alert, as always, it didn't come to Virginia). We evacuated all 12 jets to pensacola on 9/11/18 (this was Hurricane "Florence" I guess). And then spent an entire week there partying. The following Saturday, I think the skippers wife got pissed, and we all flew home Sunday, not around, but straight through the tropical depression that was once the hurricane, sitting over SC. It was an amazeballs ferry flight.
This is why SD is better...no Hurrevac.Hurrevac always reminds me of the best two I ever did. First one was as an FNG, all 3 of us flew our jets down to key west the Thursday before fantasy fest, and just hung out for a week until SFARP started. It was no notice, like 0800 phone call day of from the OPSO. I vaguely remember getting in a minor fight with one of the other JOPA about a turkey leg I bought from a street cart and carried around for too long in his opinion
Second memory was my last active tour, and we had solid intel that a cat 5 was about to make landfall, once again, in VA beach (spoiler alert, as always, it didn't come to Virginia). We evacuated all 12 jets to pensacola on 9/11/18 (this was Hurricane "Florence" I guess). And then spent an entire week there partying. The following Saturday, I think the skippers wife got pissed, and we all flew home Sunday, not around, but straight through the tropical depression that was once the hurricane, sitting over SC. It was an amazeballs ferry flight.
On the East Coast, our Hurrevac location was in WV. Fairly sure it would have eventually devolved into squirrel and possum meat, with moonshine. 😆
That’d have been a good callsign
Huh? I mean I get San Dog is nice, but hurrevacs were legit boondoggles of the highest order. "Go fly to some spot with JOPA, zero responsibility, hang out". I did two, PNS D-> KLIT 🤣 (okay okay KNSE D-> KLIT). I still have fond memories of them.
Yeah, I get it...there are definite bennies to being on the road again. Not knocking it.
I'd still prefer fire bucket standby in SD to dealing with Hurrevac prep on the East Coast. Just my druthers.
If I recall correctly, Oceana's hurrevac policy was that you could voluntarily (by squadron CO direction) hurrevac early to anywhere you wanted. But if the mandatory call was made, and you hadn't left yet, you had to go to one of the specified locations for the wing (and they would pay). I might have some of those details wrong, but I do remember some AAF in WV or TN was one of the Mando sites.
It may be my perception, but I believe the hurrevac of jets are slightly easier than the fat kids. The fat kids need more love and support on the road. 😆