Originally Posted by
JohnnyG
This is the stupidest article I've ever read. Thank god we've found the men and women we've found up to this point willing to put up with the miserable job of having your flight training paid for and flying the best hardware in the world.
Like the Blue Angels? What a $&%* job. Thank god 8 Officers were bullied into it.
These pilot shortage articles have got to stop. They are a slap in the face to every person who applied and didn't get the job even though they were competitive and GOOD but just not competitive enough. Sometimes it's easier, sometimes it's harder, but there will never be a shortage of fighter pilots.
Being an active duty fighter pilot right now is like having a ridiculously hot, but bat sh*t crazy girlfriend. The flying is absolutely incredible, but at some point it starts to cross your mind to find a little bit more stable of a situation.
That being said when it's all said and done, I will always miss her - unless I can get to the guard...