If you don't mind me asking where did you do IFS?
The Pinksheet/unsat for airsicknees is rediculous are you sure thats the whole story? In Navy land thats usually an incomplete followed by some help to get over it?
I did IFS at Eglin (Yay, Double Air Force)
And yes, if everytime I got airsick (and I was worse than most I admit) it was a pink sheet, I recieved an unsat for the flight, I was restricted from flying until making an appointment and seeing the flight surgeon, and I had to repeat the flight. I did this 17 times. But I never gave up control of the aircraft while getting sick... flew with one hand, puked with the other. On several flights my IP's checked me for a puke back when we got down because I was known for doing it quietly and trying to hide it when I could... as to avoid the paperwork and UNSAT. I was dimed out by a bulging pocket of plastic bag on more than one occassion.
And also, how many times have you encountered a REAL emergency (even a relatively tame one) in the T-6? I don't know, so I am really asking.
I personally had three emergencies in the air:
- an OBOGS failure (oxygen system failure)
- My instructor oversped the gear on my first flight while demo-ing stalls
- Gear position light malfunction that required a chase ship
I knew people with other malfunctions, at we pretty much had at least one time a day where the firetrucks rolled out just to be safe. Squadron CO even had an Engine Chip light right after take-off... and then there was the "Idle-Detent malfunction that caused my buddy to accidentally kill the engine at 300 feet AGL on a go around... it became an approach article last year.