There is absolutely no way to cope with not being a fighter pilot.

There is absolutely no way to cope with not being a fighter pilot. I would rather be a fighter pilot than become rich as frick. The only way I could cope is to become a multi billionaire and buy a mig or something to LARP. How do you deal with the knowledge that you will never get to experience the exhilaration of flying the Mach loop or engage in high end air or air combat with the Chinese?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't like the funny feeling in my stomach when pulling G's. So I'm good thanks

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This. But I work closely with a boomer fighter pilot and he tells me some cool stories

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Get a STEM degree and enlist pussy

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      At that point you might as well apply to lockmart and work on building the fighters, at least you wont have to be a certified forklift operator, with the only benefits being that you can frick a bunch of bar flies that think fighter pilot = high status

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I have a CS degree and work at FAANG but I’m 28 and have really shit vision, I would probably end up trading my nice 300k/yr software job for a 20k/yr hangar mopping job if I joined the chair force

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Glorified forklift operator, besides some cool things like flying low and using weapons, it's not that fun.
    Regulations, norms, and procedures make it a % of what it could be. Also, you fly planes about 180 hours a year, now imagine what you do in the remaining 8760...

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That’s still an hour every other day. Most folks on /k/ shoot far less than that

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Yea but how do you do when you need to go to the bathroom?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They have plastic bag

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I want to fly a B2 so fricking bad

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They have to wear diapers on their missions because there’s no lavatory or relief tube.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >They have to wear diapers on their missions because there’s no lavatory
        Over many years serving in the RAF pretty well all as a fast jet pilot, including conflicts. I never wore a nappy/diaper on any occasion. You either have a p bottle or a strap on device. Believe me there is no trouble taking a dump before a mission if involved in a conflict.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Looks like the program to make being a bomber pilot be a troon friendly job is going well

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    After I got Covid both my piss and shit smell different. I don't really know why but my piss smells RANCID while my shit actually doesn't smell as bad. It's really fricking weird. Anyone else have this issue? My diet and exercise routines haven't changed.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You got CovAIDS, homosexual.
      Hurry up and die

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What's the fun in being a fighter pilot when you don't get to dogfight

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      every fighter pilot in the us trains BFM

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    This may come as a surprise, but flying small tandem-seat light aircraft low level is probably a lot more fun.
    It's pure. Just the stick, the rudder, the sky, and your airmanship. No clunky tech in the way so you don't have to spend 30 min before the flight configuring a computer.

    I've flown in maneuverable aerobatic aircraft, and while it was a cool experience, I think at the end of the day I'd rather hang my left elbow out the window, cruise around the lake at a couple hundred feet while listening to my 65hp engine, and rock my wings at the boats below.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Dubs of truth. Gliders are also a lot of fun

      t. comfy flight enjoyer

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      My brother

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I thought about taking acrobatics once I finish my PPL. Seems like the training could be useful anyways, especially spin training.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >So called 'free-thinkers' after watching Top Gun: Maverick

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm scared of airplanes

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I was better, I flew attack

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >There is absolutely no way to cope with not being a fighter pilot.
    What about being an astronaut?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Literally a requirement to have 1000s of flight hours in fixed wing jets to even qualify for a pilot seat in a spaceship
      It’s over…

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >fly in constant straight lines
    >minimal wear on airframe
    >shit and piss in bag.
    >your target is 100+ miles away, you never even see them.
    > you pull one swoopty doopty double barrel roll 6 g
    >or even think about pulling it.
    >end up speaking to the insurance israelites about how you just grounded a plane for maintenance for the next 8 months.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Once shit kicks off against a superpower nobody gonna care about any of that insurance bullshit

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        What superpowers are there to fight against? Russia's a joke, and China's a cargo cult.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          You’re moronic

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        So never?

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Finance's dad smoked migs in gulf war 1, it sucked and beat the shit out of his body. Really glad I wasn't a fighter pilot.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Flight school is only like $15k. But, the reality is flying is that….it’s boring. Go watch a pilot YouTube channel. All "flying" seems to be is messing with a digital radio periodically while staring out a window. They barely even touch the controls.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I have a degree in international business and a 2.87 GPA

    Am I shit out of luck for OCS for a role as a naval aviator

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yes.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      in 2018, you prob would have been good. not anymore.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Top gun maverick recruiting worked that well

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          As someone that went through the pipeline, I went through fairly quickly at about 2.5 years. Most new guys are showing up to Pensacola being told 3.5-4 years depending on the platform they select. They sit around for 8-9 months before they see the inside of their first classroom.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Currently on a one year wait before even starting training as a pilot, nevermind phase 2.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I had a 2.8 in English and made it back in 2007. Smokecheck the ASTB and then roll those "needs of the Navy" dice my guy. Should have gone PLC-A if you wanted guaranteed wings of gold

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    When was the last time before Ukraine that there was even a real dogfight in the entire world?

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    DCS

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >is to become a multi billionaire
    and you wil never set foot in an aircraft again, too dangerous!

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Post WWII western fighter pilot has to be the most overhyped "cool" /k/ related job on earth. Secret Service agent is close second.
    >Devote a major chunk of your life to following around some VIP politician ghoul frick that doesn't even deserve to be protected with a 0.001% of seeing a few seconds of action throughout the course of your career.
    I'd rather be a bouncer at a dive bar or some shit, at least then you'd get to occasionally do something exciting.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The president gets so many threats that you never hear about because the SS kicked in the door of whoever made them. SS does a lot, it’s precisely because they do a lot in the background that they rarely need act out their human shield role

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They spend a lot of time hunting counterfeit money too.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm a librarian doing my first youth program with the local aviation museum tomorrow. Turnout is looking good so far and most of the guys who volunteer there are former fighter pilots. Incredibly chill dudes and very reliable at coordinating. The director is autistic about his A-4 Skyhawk squadron though and I wanted to advertise the F-14 they have instead because Top Gun

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Military helicopter pilot is where its at.
    >chillest community in every branch
    >fly low and slow, can actually see shit
    >land wherever you want
    >actually get flight hours
    >not briefing/debriefing longer than the actual flight

    I know plenty of guys in the fighter community. Way too much bullshit to deal with.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >actually get flight hours
      lol
      lmao

      brb filling the fridge

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The chinks made their own Top Gun movie:

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They really can't let things go, can they? Every single thing imaginable has to have a Changified, CCP approved version.

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Don't worry about it, the vast majority of people don't have the quick reaction times required to be a fighter pilot. You either have the genetics for it or you don't, and you likely don't anyway.

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Spend all day gripping a stick, sweating in a wiener pit
    air force confirmed gays

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH SO FUNNY

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

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