F16 and a Heavy

[bssthound]

Hey, Lurch!!
You wouldn't happen to be flying Hogs @ the New Orleans Reserve Unit and keeping company with one of our female ASA first officers would you??

As far as the fighter/heavy airline argument I don't think there's any difference. I've flown in two Guard/Reserve units that were full of airline pilots. The fighter guys obviously don't have as much total time BUT have probably never eaten a box lunch in their aircraft except while crossing the pond and have never logged "other" time, which is time in the aircraft but not at the controls. Read some of the more detailed post by Eagleflip, Albie, and the other fast movers and tell me if you think they'd have any trouble being handed a computer flight plan, plugging it into the FMS, and turning the autopilot on during climbout. Oh, and disengaging the autopilot on descent and landing on a 10,000' runway.

 

[Slug]

Oh boy, here it is again

You fighter guys are funny. Not right, not wrong; just funny.

 

[Skyrunner]

Goodfellas!

Slug,

I'm waitin' for CCDiscoB to come out sayin':

From Tommy Devito (Joe Pesci)

"But, I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to amuse you?"

"How am I funny, like a clown? What is so funny about me? What the @*^$%#& is so funny about me? Tell me. Tell me what's funny."

Take care and fly safe

SR

 

[CCDiscoB]

Funny

You fighter guys are funny

What do you MEAN FUNNY?

 

[bssthound]

Couldn't resist it!!

For those who saw "Slingblade:"

PERFECT "Karl" voice:

"You mean funny queer, not funny ha-ha!!"

 

[kybur]

Well, I think the F16 may look a little better than the F15, but if your goal is the airlines, why choose a single over a twin?

 

[Draginass]

What??? "Twin" doesn't mean squat. An F-15 is centerline thrust and for any practical purposes an airline doesn't care. At least in the past they really don't care whether a military pilot flew an F-16 or a C-5. It's the person that was important.

FWIW, I wouldn't count on a viable airline career at this point. This industry is fundamentally changing and only the next few years will tell if it will be worth doing. If I had to make a decision today, I'd steer clear of the airline industry and start learning something that will be much more rewarding and interesting. Almost too late for me, but not for you. Flying is a great hobby and WAS a great profession, but not anymore.

 

[Hootie9750]

kybur, I'm no military expert , but you sound like my uneducated commercial flight instructor.

him "If you go into the military to fly an f16, you'll never fly commercially . You might as well putt around in a c150 cause the airlines only care about twin time."

him "besides, how old are you"?
me "21"
him "yeah, your WAY to old for the military. they want their fighter pilots right out of high school."

lol

 

[cajun lurch]

Too old?

Tell your CFI friend that I was 28 when I got my wings and an A-10 and another guy in my class was 28 and is flying F-15s.

ATTACK!

Lurch

 

[Slug]

Agree

Mailman has it dead on. I've flown pointy white supersonics and humongous grey aircraft. I'm with my second carrier and all I can say is other than what Mailman stated- it doesn't matter what kind of plane you flew, how cool you looked, or whether it was a twin C/L thrust or not. Once you get there no one worries about where you came from.....your war stories are just a little different. In my new hire class we've got:

5 fighter pilots - 3 Navy, 2 AF
7 heavy drivers - 2 Navy, 1 CG, 4 AF
8 Civilian - 2 Part 121, 4 Regionals, 1 Corp, 1 Civilian Mix


All great guys who will fit in great with SWA.


Slug