Sneedro

Yeah lie to fly..... :rolleyes: Great idea especially since they take extreme amounts of blood during the physical and do numerous urine test. Either way, willingly or not, they are going to find out. I wouldnt start your career off by trying to cheat the system!! I wish him the best of luck though. I dont see what herpes would have to do with anything that would keep you from being able to fly, but then again I am not a doctor.

I know some have talked about a crossflow for bomber to fighter, but is there a crossflow for heavies to bomber/fighters??

Can pilots even understand engineering tables?!?! Dont they know pilots like 3rd grade reading levels and pictures?? Anything else we dont have the time or patience for!! We like flying not interpreting engineering tables!! :D

Thanks for clarifying the T-37 type rating (or lack) of stuff. I definitely agree with logging turboprop/jet in different columns. They are both turbine time, but imagine have a couple thousand hours in a mix of the two and having to go back through and break it down seprately. Not a whole lot of fun. None the less they are the same thing (turbine time) basically, but it is all a matter of saving yourself some mind numbing work!!

High altitude endorsement is nothing more than learning the pressurization systems, emergency procedures, and studying hypoxia stuff. I have not gone to UPT yet, but I imagine you learn those sort of things for each a/c you fly. I have my high altitude endorsement, but after getting it I sure didnt feel like I knew what I did to get it. It was just like my high performance endorsement, basically go fly and work with the system and voila there you have it. VERY EASY! I wish all my checkrides were that easy!! :cool: Question: if the IP wont/cant sign you off (i.e. not an FAA CFI), then how can you legally go solo in the a/c?? To solo in any a/c in private pilot training, you had to have all your normal sign offs that that a/c entailed. Wouldnt you need the same for the T-6 or T-37?

FAR 61.31, in the 2003 FAR/AIM (havent got the new one yet... :( ) talks about type ratings. It specifies large a/c (12500+lbs), turboJET a/c, and other a/c as specified by the administrator. So with a single engine land PPL, log that T-6 turbine time as pilot in command, but that is ONLY AFTER you get a high performance and high altitude signoff. Those are required in addition to a PPL for logging T-6 time as PIC. For the T-37, it appears as if a type rating will be necessary.

I will be heading out to UPT within the next year hopefully. I have been looking into what it entails, and am curious what the standups are like, what is involved, how long a standup usually takes, and how often do students "fail" them. Thanks any info.