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?
I don't like the funny feeling in my stomach when pulling G's. So I'm good thanks
This. But I work closely with a boomer fighter pilot and he tells me some cool stories
Get a STEM degree and enlist pussy
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
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
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...
That’s still an hour every other day. Most folks on /k/ shoot far less than that
Yea but how do you do when you need to go to the bathroom?
They have plastic bag
I want to fly a B2 so fricking bad
They have to wear diapers on their missions because there’s no lavatory or relief tube.
>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.
Looks like the program to make being a bomber pilot be a troon friendly job is going well
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.
You got CovAIDS, homosexual.
Hurry up and die
What's the fun in being a fighter pilot when you don't get to dogfight
every fighter pilot in the us trains BFM
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.
Dubs of truth. Gliders are also a lot of fun
t. comfy flight enjoyer
My brother
I thought about taking acrobatics once I finish my PPL. Seems like the training could be useful anyways, especially spin training.
>So called 'free-thinkers' after watching Top Gun: Maverick
I'm scared of airplanes
I was better, I flew attack
>There is absolutely no way to cope with not being a fighter pilot.
What about being an astronaut?
>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…
>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.
Once shit kicks off against a superpower nobody gonna care about any of that insurance bullshit
What superpowers are there to fight against? Russia's a joke, and China's a cargo cult.
You’re moronic
So never?
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.
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.
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
Yes.
in 2018, you prob would have been good. not anymore.
Top gun maverick recruiting worked that well
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.
Currently on a one year wait before even starting training as a pilot, nevermind phase 2.
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
When was the last time before Ukraine that there was even a real dogfight in the entire world?
DCS
>is to become a multi billionaire
and you wil never set foot in an aircraft again, too dangerous!
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.
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
They spend a lot of time hunting counterfeit money too.
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
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.
>actually get flight hours
lol
lmao
brb filling the fridge
The chinks made their own Top Gun movie:
They really can't let things go, can they? Every single thing imaginable has to have a Changified, CCP approved version.
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.
>Spend all day gripping a stick, sweating in a wiener pit
air force confirmed gays
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH SO FUNNY