Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
If anyone is reading this and thinking "oh you wusses, the cockpit isn't that loud": You already have some permanent hearing loss. They're all loud. It's fatiguing, you can't hear each other well. You WILL be more tired after a long day of flying without a good ANC headset.
And let me tell you, tinnitus SUCKS.
And wear earplugs when you do walk arounds!
I spent about 5 years working flightline mx on one of the loudest jets in the AF, another 17 years flying them. Throw 12 years concurrently flying a bunch of different airlines without noise canceling and removing at 18. But the VA told me last year thay my hearing is perfect, so you're statement can't be true. 🤣 Some heavy sarcasm just in case it's not apparent.