You might be a "Kernal"

[densoo]

You added the girdle as hotel bar attire?

No, the kickstand for the iPhone.

 

[cl65capt]

If you have the words "captain" or "check airman" on the name tag of your leather jacket......you are most certainly a Kernal.

 

[Mamma]

Don't forget the air of superiority while they nonchalantly f^ck up about every 6 seconds but don't care bc this isn't a fighter-
Well, that's only when they realize they screwed up- most of the time they're telling themselves "I am ssoooo good" "this guy probably admires me" "f^cking undertrained civilian- we'll see if he pays attention and actually learns anything"

Are you sure this thread is not really about assuaging a complex you might have? Honestly I don't run into too many ex-mil guys like this thread describes. But I dont commute or fly at SWA. Are you guys just littered with these "Kernals?" Most ex-mil guys I fly with are good pilots and fun to fly with. I'm sure the d-bags are out there but civilian trained pilots have a good share of d-bags too. Wavey, I'm not too sure what your issue with mil pilots is but you gotta let that chip on your shoulder go. Anyway, I'm going to disengage from this fur-ball! Check six everyone, "Mamma" is out!

 

[AirCobra]

Are you sure this thread is not really about assuaging a complex you might have? Honestly I don't run into too many ex-mil guys like this thread describes. But I dont commute or fly at SWA. Are you guys just littered with these "Kernals?" Most ex-mil guys I fly with are good pilots and fun to fly with. I'm sure the d-bags are out there but civilian trained pilots have a good share of d-bags too. Wavey, I'm not too sure what your issue with mil pilots is but you gotta let that chip on your shoulder go. Anyway, I'm going to disengage from this fur-ball! Check six everyone, "Mamma" is out!

Naw it's all just penis envy. Civilians envy military pilots, ROTC and OCS grads envy academy grads, transport pilots envy fighter pilots.

 

[PCL_128]

Yeah, that's it. It couldn't possibly be because anyone who goes by a callsign in civilian life is a massive doosh.

 

[waveflyer]

AirCobra is definitely a Kernal

Momma, I've been validated 6 ways from Sunday, it ain't about me - and yet military pilots are the ones showing the superiority complex and earning their Kernal title

I said it in the other thread- if you're a Kernal don't pretend the normal ex mil guys arent rolling their eyes right along with civilians- they hate flying with you too

But a spade is a spade- most of our cultural pains in the ass are military at SWA -

And guess what??

25 of 30 in class right now are military

Don't pretend like civilians ever START the mil v civ debate

It STARTS with that ^^^ stat and how UNQUALIFIED mil pilots who have light flight time never flown 121 keep getting hooked up

I wonder how fun this group of pilots will be to fly with as a civilian when they're military superiority complex gets validated by SWA to this level

 

[waveflyer]

Yeah, that's it. It couldn't possibly be because anyone who goes by a callsign in civilian life is a massive doosh.

Hahaha

Exactly pcl. Spot on. Don't blame us for you guys not keeping your d^uche bags in check

 

[ATRCA]

Naw it's all just penis envy. Civilians envy military pilots, ROTC and OCS grads envy academy grads, transport pilots envy fighter pilots.

That's not true, I don't envy any of the mil pilots junior to me.

 

[gutshotdraw]

If you have more than 2,837 posts on FI.


Ooh, wait a tic...

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

Use a napkin to protect your belt buckle.

 

[waveflyer]

If you have more than 2,837 posts on FI.


Ooh, wait a tic...

Nah, I think that just makes us trolls with no life, not kernels
Kernel isn't just a term for pet peeve - it is a specific kind of guy

A sexist term there- anyone met any female kernels?
I've flown with females I'd rather not, but they weren't kernels

 

[SpauldingSmails]

I encountered a female Captain-Kernel jumpseating once, a most rare breed indeed. There was no point trying to converse with her; a particularly self-absorbed, overbearing micro-manager. The F/O was ex-regional and judging from his face, one could sense this was going to be a long trip for him.

 

[AirCobra]

AirCobra is definitely a Kernal

Momma, I've been validated 6 ways from Sunday, it ain't about me - and yet military pilots are the ones showing the superiority complex and earning their Kernal title

I said it in the other thread- if you're a Kernal don't pretend the normal ex mil guys arent rolling their eyes right along with civilians- they hate flying with you too

But a spade is a spade- most of our cultural pains in the ass are military at SWA -

And guess what??

25 of 30 in class right now are military

Don't pretend like civilians ever START the mil v civ debate

It STARTS with that ^^^ stat and how UNQUALIFIED mil pilots who have light flight time never flown 121 keep getting hooked up

I wonder how fun this group of pilots will be to fly with as a civilian when they're military superiority complex gets validated by SWA to this level

Nah I would have loved to have flown F-18's instead of helos or turboprops. I would have loved to have gone to one of the service academies too if I had the grades in HS. I wouldn't say I envy those guys but I do respect them. Be real here. How many kids put posters of Beech 1900's on their walls.

 

[waveflyer]

My posters were vintage panam clippers
Flying boats to 74's

I've always only wanted to be an airline pilot.
And as this job goes, no better foundation than a 1900-

Certainly a hell of lot more applicable than a fighter- until swa signs that contract to drop bombs on Iran that is...

I respect them too for the most part. But they aren't more qualified as an airline pilot than an rj pilot. They aren't. We don't fly fighters in military ops at southwest. We fly 121 jets - it's absolutely backwards that we hire the guys with the least applicable kind of flight time, at the lowest amount of flight time- total good ole boy club-

And for the record- I had the grades and the MBA and excellent training at every step- there is no other career where military service gives a person this kind of a hookup- none. Attorney. Doctor. Name a profession where one can be absolutely excellent w/o mil service and still take a backseat to average mil people?
If it were the other way around, you guys would be up in arms-
Again, civilians didn't start the fight- we are not the grizzled old weird turboprop drivers with sketchy backgrounds and can't figure out how to shine our shoes - today's civilians have every bit the training as mil pilots complete with advanced systems, aerodynamics and professional development at universities And with WAY more applicable experience-
Military guys come into the BEST jobs as ROOKIES.

So AC- you flew helicopters- I'm of the opinion that fighter jets has barely more applicability to airline flying as helicopters do- why do airlines count almost none of a veterans helo time, but triple count fighter pilot time?
That sounds ass backwards as well

 

[AirCobra]

Yeah, that's it. It couldn't possibly be because anyone who goes by a callsign in civilian life is a massive doosh.

Lets see, a guy has a nickname for 20 years. Now he transitions to civilian life and some no talent a$$ clown thinks he should drop his nickname so the civilian pilot doesn't feel inferior. Who is the doosh again? Like I said its pure envy.

Go ahead tell "Buzz" Aldrin he is a doosh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wcrkxOgzhU