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12-24-2015 | 06:47 PM
#7201
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12-24-2015 | 07:19 PM
#7202
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From: Q400, B-737
That was nice. I like to see a guy enjoying what he does.
Most of the FFDO's that I've worked with though seem to be wound a bit tight. (I'm not sure I can find a better way to phrase that.) They're good guys, but I'd rather not have them at a dinner party. ???
Any similar observations? (I'm afraid this could rapidly go Def-Con 5.)
Most of the FFDO's that I've worked with though seem to be wound a bit tight. (I'm not sure I can find a better way to phrase that.) They're good guys, but I'd rather not have them at a dinner party. ???
Any similar observations? (I'm afraid this could rapidly go Def-Con 5.)
12-24-2015 | 08:40 PM
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For what its worth, a T-38 used to have an AOA indicator. It was a very nice visual backup to the tactile vibration the jet transmitted at various levels of AOA. The indicator in the F-15 was not used in tactical maneuvering, but was an invaluable tool in AHC and BFM instruction when I could show a pilot on tape review the energy state and AOA at various points in a maneuver or engagement.
Yeagher was made a saint by "The Right Stuff". Most who have worked with the guy will tell you he is an arrogant ass, and a good pilot. Bob Hoover is an outstanding pilot, and an ambassador for pilots everywhere. Be Bob Hoover. Wannabes worship Yeagher. Real professionals in the industry respect and emulate Hoover.
I don't know jack-**** about angioplasty, valve replacements, or other cardiac related matters. I would never attempt to substitute the books I've read, the aerospace physiology training I've done, or my experiences with friends or family for a consultation with an MD who was an expert in his field. As a pilot who has flown 36 years, including lots of time in GA, military fighter operations, and various airline types , I can tell you that the differences between the genres are deep, pronounced, and not subtle. When you start to make pronouncements and declarations about stuff you really don't understand, you reveal a brash overconfidence in your own experience and a condescending tone towards those who take their craft as seriously as you do.
If there was a nicer way to tell you ***, I'd try to do it. That's about as nicely as I can put it.
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12-24-2015 | 08:46 PM
#7206
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From: Q400, B-737
I've got friends working at EDW. They refer to him as "Chuck Yeager Inc." and say his family is FUBAR because of his ego.
I met "the Nose" Hoover, and had him sign some stuff at Reno. Came across as a really great, modest guy. Hope he lives forever...
12-24-2015 | 11:28 PM
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From: 7th green
12-25-2015 | 02:23 AM
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From: Fetal
Sounds like the cousin of the mainline pilot who looks at the regional guy on the jumpseat and says "So you got your stuff in with mainline? When you gonna come over?" As if it's as simple as the regional guy just walking into the chief pilot's office and saying "I'm a pilot! I'm here to fly, just point me to the gate!". After some very long 6-leg days in and out of some of the most effed up airspace in the country, it would take every fiber of my being not to come back with a doe-eyed and sarcastic "Gee mister, do you think I should!? I'm a real good pilot, honest!"
Or maybe they're just trying to be nice. Maybe they understand a lot of dudes are stuck. Maybe they're trying to make you feel like if they had anything to do with it they'd be glad to have you next to them up front. Sorry your butt hurts. Merry Christmas.
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