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A little humor to start the week...an oldie but a goodie! Cheers! M2

Skitzo, we live in a world that has checkrides, and those checkrides have to be guarded by SEFEs with red pens. Who's gonna do it? You? You, BQZip01? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for downgrades, and you curse the FORM 8. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Alarm Red's downgrade, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves useless careers. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at CGO meetings, you want me giving that checkride, you need me giving that checkride. We use words like how many feet off altitude, how many knots off airspeed. We use these words as the backbone of a life being tactically useless. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who steps and starts engines under the blanket of the checkrides I give, and then questions the manner in which I ask general knowledge questions. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a Master Question File, and run as fast as you can from the weapons officer. Either way, I don't give a damn what Q-1 no downgrade you think you are entitled to.

It's destiny...I ran into this 30 seconds after watching that hilarious video..

True, but don't be afraid to pick an airframe based on color. You know what they say, "Once you go black..." Yes, we're still hiring.

Holy cow- the guy must've been REALLY desperate if he used your pics. That or he was into the fat chicks. I'm just sayin'...

Maybe the misspelling is a clue but I spent 4 years as an LT and there's a reason I always abreviated my rank.

Rainman, that reminds me of my first AOS movement in the Viper. Somewhere over the Pacific (maybe near Shemya, I can't remember) while flying as #4 eastbound from the ROK to AK, I did this: "1, 4." "Go, 4." "Can anyone tell me what this sound is?" (Then I keyed the mic while tapping my coin against the metal frame on my mask.) "1, negative." "2, negative." "3, negative." "It's the sound of my coin hitting my mask. Can anyone else do that, or am I the only one who didn't put my coin in the travel pod?" "1, negative." "2, negative." "3, negative." "Beers." If only I didn't fall off the boom next time around...