UAV time logging

[RJP]

Good for you! A CRJ is a much better choice than a predator....

 

[bssthound]

'Preciate it, man.

BTW, your signature line is the funniest Borat episode since his guide to dating on the first show.

Booyakasha!

John

 

[talondriver]

Not all of us. A possible UAV tour was mentioned to the navs in my squadron who hold comm/inst and ATP ratings. Talk about cockroaches fleeing after the light's turned on! They found us under desks shrieking in horror with the bottoms of our flight suits turning brown and tears cascading from our eyes. Sitting in some God-forsaken trailer in some God-forsaken desert playing with a joystick?? Not no thank you but NO thank you!!

I hear ya.

But not all navs have their ATP/comm/inst/type/yada ratings with airline objectives and see this as a post mil career lead-in opportunity. The six figure salary (rumor) working for a contractor (patooey!!) may sound good to some.

Oh, the CRJ over the predator sounds like a no brainer choice...unless you're a furloughed major airline dude who ranks that up there with crossing picket lines.

Oops...didn't mean to set off another tangent bomb.

 

[bssthound]

Ka-boom!!!!

The six figure salary (rumor) working for a contractor (patooey!!) may sound good to some.

Absolutely. However, I prefer living in Dallas to Whateveritis-stan where I understand a lot of predator guys are. Besides, I've already gone the contractor route. I left to be a Reserve Bum when I realized I'd have to look in the mirror to shave every morning.

Oh, the CRJ over the predator sounds like a no brainer choice...unless you're a furloughed major airline dude who ranks that up there with crossing picket lines.

But I ain't . . . . . . Besides, where else is a nav gonna get 1000 turbine PIC?

Oops...didn't mean to set off another tangent bomb.

Hey! Is it just me or are my eyebrows singed off and my hair a crispy little chunk? Yeah, I shouldn't have picked up that tangent bomb!! See what happens when you leave something where a nav can get to it?!

Speaking of tangent bomb, I fully understand you're not so much addressing me but just a regular nav in general. It's just that when it was mentioned to me a nav had to have at least a comm/inst. I hope that's changed so that someone who does want to do it is able to.

 

[talondriver]

But I ain't . . . . . . Besides, where else is a nav gonna get 1000 turbine PIC?

True. You're not the first nav I've heard of doing the commuter thing. I admire y'all for doing it the "not so easy way". Good Luck.

 

[dtfl]

Predator

I was deployed to a location with some UAVs during OEF. As far as I know - this was the case then - the Pilots flew the aircraft during takeoff and landing. They had enlisted sensor operators that tracked targets, etc. AND...anytime weapons were employed - it wasn't military folks sitting in the trailer. That will most likely change.
A few guys I know got Predators..rumor was they were "trying" to get a couple C12s. The one guy got a KC10 after he left...which is what he wanted. The other guy is now an Ops officer of a Spec Ops squadron.
I am sure one day there will be a debate about UAV time. I am sure there will be further debate about giving UAV pilots medals for aerial accomplishments.

BSSHOUND - I work upstairs from you..BTW in the 403d
I personally think the episode where Borat interviews the Karate instructor is the best...when he explains how his friend got attacked by a Turkmenistan giant...who "broke his anus"

 

[bssthound]

Ouch!!

when he explains how his friend got attacked by a Turkmenistan giant...who "broke his anus"

Which is exactly why I don't want to end up piloting a UAV in some "stan" country. I don't need anything broken, especially my anus!!

 

[Pistlpetet]

The Army has an enlisted MOS for UAV operators. I once had a PFC whine to me that he should get pilot wings also.

 

[RJP]

'Preciate it, man.

BTW, your signature line is the funniest Borat episode since his guide to dating on the first show.

Booyakasha!

John

Respek!

 

[RJP]

when he explains how his friend got attacked by a Turkmenistan giant...who "broke his anus"

Which is exactly why I don't want to end up piloting a UAV in some "stan" country. I don't need anything broken, especially my anus!!

Good one!

I still prefer the country music episode. "My sister, she is number two or three prostitute in all of Khazakstan." Porter Wagoner: "Well, that's a talent, too."

Nice...I like.

 

[RJP]

The Army has an enlisted MOS for UAV operators. I once had a PFC whine to me that he should get pilot wings also.

He should have been taken out back and shot for that suggestion.

 

[potrack]

UAV time doesn't mean squat.

Roll into an airline interview with a bunch of predator time and your flight suit on too!!!

The only guys who volunteer for those assignments are the ones who couldn't get a C-17 or KC-10 based on their own merit---They volunteer to get their choice of assignment afterwards. I've seen them come through training----most of these guys are sorry....and the AF sends them to a left seat qual course too!!!

Most of them struggle and point fingers at the instructors while they spiral toward an FEB. Maybe they should just fess up to the fact they are horrible pilots and 3 years playing video games was not a cool assignment.