Originally Posted by
Tanker-driver
Got sick (up to, but not including violently) my first 4 or 5 rides in UPT. They sent me to the dreaded "chair". This is a torture device, in which you spin untill your airsickness is cured. Not fun, but surprisingly effective. After a few bouts with the chair, I was never bothered by airsickness again. We did have one guy wash out due to the inability to overcome it, and one more who knew he was going to heavies and swallowed puke every flight in the Tweet in order to get his wings. If you want it bad enough...
Me too. I puked my guts out my 1st 6 T-37 flights (and I joined the AF with my commercial, instrument, single-engine ticket). Went through acclimation program via medication via the flight doc, had me sit with a shrink to check to see if it was mental, finally, "the chair" for 2 days (most miserable experience of my life), never puked again, went on to the T-38 and the F-16. I had 2 dudes in my UPT class wash-out for airsickness. I was of the mentality that I would rather die than get eliminated due to motion sickness, the other dudes weren't so motivated and I think they really didn't want to be there anyway, so the sickness problem gave them a good reason to quit UPT.
Bottom line, if you get airsick, they can cure you.