Aqua

Ok, thank you for your service. Seriously.

However, in continuing the lecture; you're clearly missing the irony of a long serving MD-80 Capt claiming to know MIGs better than RJs.

And some supplementals do more "interesting" work than others.

Supposed to be a fun thread. I'm out.

rickair7777

Yes, sorry for the drift. Back on topic now.

SHFP

Know/knew all involved except the FA. Both the FO and SO were friends of mine and did confirm everything: An "Owly Bird" out of DFW for the West Coast. FA comes up and sits on the Jump Seat. FA has the "hots" for the my friend, the new hire SO. FO looks back over his shoulder, after hearing some sounds, and sees the SO hands up underneath. Captain is totally unaware. Anyway, those were the "good old days" that I knew, much like I heard (as an SO) from my Captains that flew DC-6/7s and told their "good old days" stories.

full of luv

'Has the "hots" for'..... that term alone kinda dates the story right there to back in the "good old days"

badflaps

On the "7" you almost prayed for an engine shut down, somebody was going to get lucky on the layover..amazing days as I look back.

Castle Bravo

August, 2001, I'm an Air Force nav out on a 1 week training cruise on the USS Theodore Roosevelt off the Virginia coast. We had a lot of USAF-Navy combined strike packages and I was the LNO hanging out on the carrier to answer any questions the Navy dudes might ask. One of the staff guys says "You want to fly back seat in the S3 Viking?" Uh...yeah! So the next day I brief up with the S3 crew, minus the pilot who is off at a strike brief. We go through all the safety stuff, ejection mins, etc, then gear up and head to the flight deck. We take off all our patches, etc to "sanitize for combat." The pilot meets us in the passageway, back briefs his crew on the latest changes, looks at me and says "You the Air Force guy?" Yup. "Alright, lets go."
The Cat Shot was amazing...just...wow. About an hour later the right seater (NFO) says she has to pee and goes back to the torpedo tunnel to take care of her Code Yellow. The S3 Pilot keys the mike and says to me "Hey, you wanna fly?" Uh, Yeah!. "OK, come on up"
I get strapped in, arm the seat, and he gives me the once-over on the controls. Um, OK, I got this. Figure out my instrument scan and take the stick. We're at about 3,000 ft when the backseater gets a ship on the radar...Pilot says " Take it down the starboard side, read off the hull number, how many stacks, helo deck or not," yada yada. OK, I got this. Then he says "Now take it down to 500 feet..." Um, ok.
I level off at 500 ft, fly past the ship, and I'm trying to read off all the crap he asked about. VVI...look at ship...VVI...look at ship. As I finish saying all the data, I realize I don't feel him on the controls at all. He's gotta be watching me fly...right?
VVI...ship...VVI...glance over at the pilot. He's full head's down, scribbling my comments on his knee board. Well...OK, little back pressure on the stick and up we go.
2 hours later we trap aboard...just...wow, what a violent maneuver. And awesome.
Pilot says to me, "nice flying." Thanks I say, it's pretty rare for me to get any stick time. "Wait...you aren't a pilot?"
"No, I'm a nav..." His eyes pop out." "Well, nice job then."

5 weeks later I overfly the Roosevelt Strike Group off the Pakistan coast with a full load of hate under my wings on Oct 10, 2001. Marine Hornets escorted us in. Glad I trained with them.

N19906

Oh gawd, good one! LMAO.
(So much for making assumptions...)

I'd hope most Nav's could do that, you guys were so OCD anyway.

Qotsaautopilot

How did I end up married before 121?

badflaps

Even worser, to be hired as a F/A you had to be under 28 and not married.

chickenorbeef

Ah yes......Airline Glamour Girls. I like the mock interview. "Do you mind lifting your skirt so I can see your legs?"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-zyLq067Y