Zilch
This...is...Caketown!
I'm not there yet, but I qualified as SNA and applied NFO instead. I'm not commissioned yet or anything, but I guess I'm that one weird guy in the bunch who would do that.
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NFO Questions 2
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I'm not there yet, but I qualified as SNA and applied NFO instead. I'm not commissioned yet or anything, but I guess I'm that one weird guy in the bunch who would do that.
Again ... I don't know you. And to know you may not be to love you .... necessarily ....
BUT: since we're talking about this anyway .... and before you get all hot and defensive ("you" NFO's collectively --- not you, Zilch) --- please reread some of my previous defenses of the NFO community (especially of the B/N breed) .... but tell me this, any of you NFO's:
IF you are PQ/AA for Naval Aviator ... why would one instead choose/desire to ride and breathe and work systems and lead strikes ........ when ........... **drum roll** ......... you could FLY and breathe and work systems and lead strikes ???
No hate ... no discontent .... no defensiveness need apply herein, no badmouthing, please.
It's worth discussing. Just wondering ... :sleep_125
Again ... I don't know you. And to know you may not be to love you .... necessarily ....
BUT: since we're talking about this anyway .... and before you get all hot and defensive ("you" NFO's collectively --- not you, Zilch) --- please reread some of my previous defenses of the NFO community (especially of the B/N breed) .... but tell me this, any of you NFO's:
IF you are PQ/AA for Naval Aviator ... why would one instead choose/desire to ride and breathe and work systems and lead strikes ........ when ........... **drum roll** ......... you could FLY and breathe and work systems and lead strikes ???
No hate ... no discontent .... no defensiveness need apply herein, no badmouthing, please.
It's worth discussing. Just wondering ... :sleep_125
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You know all of us with double anchors are great guys, but
if I have been PQ'd I'd of been in the front seat
USAdefender
GO STATE!!!
Me? Oh heck to the yeah I'd go pilot if I could! I guess I need to go see another doctor about that surgery then, huh? Maybe I still can be a pilot. But if not, I will be just as happy as an NFO. I mean, hey, somebody's gotta do it, and we can't all be in the front seat, anyhow.
Ditto...but I had a blast as a NFO.
Infidels! The point at which I made my decision was after my VP tour. Having seen both sides of he coin, the role of TACCO seemed a lot more appealing and cerebral to me than the bus driver(s) up front. My TACAIR experience has taught me that the two flavors are even closer than I knew in my P-3 days. I've had a bunch of Prowler pilots offer me the controls, and sometimes I've taken them up on their offer, but it honestly doesn't appeal to me. You guys get us back aboard - I'm cool with that and have the utmost respect for your skillz in doing so. My personal satisfaction lies in my mastery of tactics and how I can bring my weapons system to bear on that problem. If someone told me tomorrow that I could change it all and become a pilot, I'd graciously decline.
Brett
^ Is there an echo in here ????? 
:sleep_125
:sleep_125
^ Is there an echo in here ?????
You wanted rationale, I gave it to you.
Brett
Yeah, I know ... but twice??? Hiss. (You double posted #36 & #37)
You're not a spammer, are you???I know I'm dense sometimes .... but you only need to rationale me once.
I know I'm dense sometimes ... but you only need to rationale me once.
*echo*
Yeah, I know ... but twice??? Hiss. (You double posted #36 & #37)
I know I'm dense sometimes .... but you only need to rationale me once.
I know I'm dense sometimes ... but you only need to rationale me once.
LOL - curious. Must have really meant what I was saying.
Brett
If I had been PQ when I first went into the Navy, I would have gone pilot. But as I have posted in the past, I think I got a lot more professional satisfaction and sense of mission accomplishment out of being a P-3 NFO than the P-3 pilots did. If given the chance to switch to pilot after my first tour, I can honestly say I would have stayed a NFO. I loved the job, I was damn good at it and I knew the pilot stuff would come after the Navy.
Yeah, I'm sure there's an element of community specifics and my POV might have been different had I been humping Sparrows onto a Tomcat instead, but as my favorite Sailor once said, I am what I am, and that's all that I am. Now, where's my God damned spinach‽
Brett
This post needs to be moved to the "My Recruiter Lied to Me" thread ...
You kidding me? P-3 FO's are chick magnets, especially EP-3 FO's. Once I show her my special plasma ray and current highest score on Final Fantasy X, I'm golden.