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Old 10-20-2009, 08:35 PM
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aviatorhi
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Just a quick chime in here:

From what I understand your typical F-15 pilot will fly about 150-250 hours/year, not a whole lot (I do about that in a month sometimes), and the rest of the time you're not doing PT or other military things you'll be in a simulator, simming the s*it out of procedures, maneuvers etc. etc. until you want to blow your mind out.

So some things for you to consider (if you really really want to be a lawyer) are... joining the Army as an NCO and flying heli-choppers, from what my friend tells me more flying and more actual combat flying (face it, the average modern F15 pilot has downed 0 bogies and has never targeted an enemy aircraft in flight, you did mention you liked the idea of being shot at), the other route you might want to look into is the National Guard (possibly FT Guard Duty), which would allow you to (almost) come and go as you please and would allow you to pursue your law career from the get go instead of spending time in the military first.
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