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  1. Hacker
    https://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7101
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    No. Airlines consider PIC time as time in which you "signed for the airplane", so there will never be a time that the 'pitter's name is in the FP/MP/IP column on the signout sheet at the ops desk. You might hear about WSOs and RIOs from back in the day being able to convert their back seat time into pilot time, but those days are unfortunately long gone. If you want to fly professionally after the Air Force, either buy an airplane and fly on the side to build hours, or hit up the Aero Club.
  3. Hacker
    The Mayor has lost control! The Mayor sucks!
  4. Hacker
    As said, not at a "career" airline, no.
  5. Hacker
    Nice ascot in the official photo, tho...
  6. Hacker
    If you're gonna get hitched anyway, do it ASAP and enjoy the extra pay.
  7. Hacker
    Which '17 is it going to be?
  8. Hacker
    Use the company EFB to surf porn.
  9. Hacker
    Bottom line, humans are on board the airplane for judgment and decisionmaking when things do not go as planned. It will be a long, long time before machines will be autonomously capable of that.
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    The "indefinite detention" language needs to come out of the NDAA. It amazes me that anyone who has taken the oath to the Constitution that we all do could possibly vote for such a thing. It is one of the most repulsive things to come out of Congress in decades (that is unclassified, at least).
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    As with everything, "it depends". It depends on a lot of things that are entirely out of your control. If your Convening Authority is given a list of choices to offer, the CA may pass that option down to you. The CA also might not...and you would never know, since you aren't part of the communication process for the FEB or the Waiver. Some CAs may even make you accept the Waiver first before even telling you what might be in the hopper for a follow-on for you. Some might tell you beforehand what airframe they're going to recommend for you. In my opinion, there is rarely anything to be gained by not taking the waiver and going to a full-on FEB. Occasionally, when gradebooks were poorly documented and maintained, a good attorney could get a student reinstated....but more often than not guys end up at the same place they would have if they'd just accepted the waiver, months later down the road and perhaps $ thousands poorer in attorney fees.
  12. Hacker
    Time for whales humping!
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    Sleep Apnea

    Hacker replied to a topic in Aviation Medicine

    I was diagnosed with mild-severe OSA that was not related to weight or any other lifestyle factors. I had three procedures - a UPPP, a tonsillectomy, and a rhinoplasty - to correct the shape/size of my nasal passages and throat, which was identified as the cause. The overall process took about 9 months from initial diagnosis, to evaluation down at Brooks by the USAFSAM, to surgery at Wilford Hall. I was only medically grounded during the surgery and healing period after the surgery -- about 4 months. I had a post-surgery evaluation (read: "astronaut physical") by the neuro-psych guys at Brooks (I understand the office has since moved up to Wright-Patt) before I was issued a waiver to get back in the cockpit. My waiver had to be renewed every 3 years, and it was a simple base-level process that was evaluated/recommended by the Flight Doc who performed my PHA. When it came time to get my FAA medical, it was a one-time evaluation of my USAF records and waiver by the docs in OKC. On the basis of that evaluation, I receive an unrestricted First Class medical every 6 months with no further examination or reporting.
  14. Hacker
    This is a solution looking for a problem.
  15. Hacker
    Dad never finished the story, which is that you lose 50% of the value (of your income) on each trade-in.
  16. Hacker
    Maybe. Not that I ever really remember in 1500 hours flying the jet.
  17. Hacker
    Just curiosity -- I'd always heard about USN and USMC 2-seaters not having controls in the back seat, which is different than the USAF where all the 2-seat fighters have had full dual controls.
  18. Hacker
    How many of your family-model Hornets have a set of controls in the back seat?
  19. Hacker
    This might help you determine who it is that determines the budget, who determines the National Security Strategy, who declares war, etc. Hint: it isn't all the same office or branch of government. Ultimately, who is in the Oval Office isn't as important as the branch that actually passes laws and spends tax money.
  20. Hacker
    I love hearing single seat guys talk about what it is like to fly with a WSO.
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    Gun Talk

    Hacker replied to VL-16's topic in Squadron Bar

    The entire desert outside of Vegas, NLV, and Henderson is your range. Depending on where you live, there are various spots for great BLM land shooting. I live on the south side of Henderson, and shoot out in Sloan Canyon down at the gravel pit.
  22. Hacker
    For a time in the early '00s, bombers did come from the T-1 track. There even used to be a short T-38 postgraduate top-off program called "Introduction to Bomber Fundamentals".
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    He's going to become the most emergency-experienced pilot in the program, unfortunately....
  24. Hacker
    The biplane collision on landing roll-out happened right in front of me, but based on the low sun angle, I couldn't tell you what actually happened.
  25. Hacker
    It would help reserve babies out.
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