In the beginning Vance sucked. Then you learned how to fly. Then you realized you don't need to study as much anymore, the IP's start partying with you and you're having fun. I wouldn't sweat going there. And as for EP's, my ass never studied like Purdue above...and i'm sure that it was the same for Nick and Austin. I was getting decent sleep every night and having fun on the weekends.
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Most people I know (and like 85% of the Navy stationed here) live in Sunrudge Estates. Cheap rent, decent houses... I have three bedrooms, 2 baths, dishwasher, everything.... $650 a month.
But I wouldn't go renting anything yet, as you will most likely be required to live on base.
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Scooters is still the hot/spot to meet ugly women and watch cowboys fight.
agree.
RetreadRand said:
I have never read anything so spot-on in my entire life. My roommate and I are laughing at both how ludicrous this sounds, as well as how true it is.
BTW, wish me luck... The Air Force is going to give me a wash-out ride (an 89 ride as they call it) tomorrow for getting airsick for the third time post-solo. (passively, maintained control of AC, no puking on the third one)
Good luck man. I'm sure the flight docs got you trying all kinds of witch craft. They recomended pepermint for me, so I started chewing gum when I fly. Helped me.
Doc's don't know what to do with me anymore... I've gone through the spin chair, breathing techniques, Dexo-Scope, crackers, wheat bagels, peppermint, ginger pills, ginger root, ginger ale, ginger snaps, Life Skills....
Here's a quote from my last medical visit: "Hey Edson, didn't I just see you yesterday? I've got nothing new for you... I looked in my textbook, and you know all of it. You probably know more about airsickness then I do."
It's not even that bad anymore... my last ride I just needed to fly straight and level for 45 seconds or so after my Loop-AileronRoll-SplitS-EstablishedSpinRecovery series before I started the second Spin the IP wanted me to do. No puking, I maintained the aircraft... didn't even go heads down or lose any altitude. But here in the airforce... getting airsick is a no no after your solo. Is airsickness in and of itself a hook-able offense in Corpus too? Cause if not, I'm going to have one more reason to hate Vance. ((BTW, the IP made me admit to airsickness... he asked me why we were flying straight & level... apparently "No, Sir. I'm not airsick... I just want to fly a little" isn't a believable answer. So he pimped me on it back on deck.))
So, combine my last "passive" airsick episode with the two active one's I've already had post solo... and it's not good.
Doesn't help I haven't gotten all the flying experience my classmates have because of my earlier airsick problem... yesterday's big complaint on my "check-to-elimination" ride? "You maintained your pattern altitudes within regs... but it was too jerky. See, right here in the regs it says "all control corrections should be smooth and positive." So, in other words: Good job staying within the requirements, but you just don't have enough practice to do it very well.
Wish me luck, I fly with a Colonel at 1500 today... he will decide my fate. I'm just trying to keep my head up, that's apparently what you do when people start telling you you suck.
I can't speak for Corpus, but at Whiting, airsickness does not get you an unsat on any flight. It does, however, incomplete the flight if you don't have most of the flight done prior to getting sick. I have flown with several guys post-solo during PA's who "just needed a minute" or needed to suck on the hose and fly straight and level for a little bit. If we have done enough PA's, I usually just knock it off and head in to the pattern. It doesn't even get written up. I had one guy get sick during RI's because he was under the bag. It got written up on several flights and he went to see the doc. He just kept flying until it wasn't an issue anymore.
The way you are describing how the AF is handling it brought me right back to my days at Vance. Good luck, the 89 ride is really "big picture", so hopefully things will come out in your favor.
The way you are describing how the AF is handling it brought me right back to my days at Vance. Good luck, the 89 ride is really "big picture", so hopefully things will come out in your favor.
I didn't want to quote all of it.
Good luck Purdue, I hope everything works out for you in the end! The AF sucks anyways. 