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Good evening gentlemen, I hope y'all had a good thanksgiving! 🙂 I have a question I was hoping to shoot y'all. I got back from BMT and tech school a month ago and have been loving AFE. ive met a couple of the pilots in the crossing and have started to get my face around and politely let them know that I would love to fly fighters for the squadron. I recently went up to the pilot room and met one of the hiring board pilots and he gave me some great advice of how I can make a good impression. he suggested I come up every drill after work and just talk to them, and if possible stay behind late to help clean up. I thought this was great advice and id love to hear more from you guys. what do you look for in applicants when they rush the unit and what do you wish they would do. I really appreciate your help guys!

review of f-35 mishap. just damn...

has anyone ever been an IP for fighter B-courses and want to share their 0.02 cents?

how are they still dropping A-10's.

congrats man!

wow, I did not know the 2.5 syllabus was dead. if selected for 38s, will they still be taught under civilian schools?

ahh gotcha. thank you. from what ive read while skimming the past few pages (TLDR) is that they're gonna have civilian instructors for ipt and their is no aircraft chosen to train on yet?

wait, sorry ive been off BO for a little due to BMT, but you mean to tell me that the AFs' plan to train the fighter track in the future is to have all students go to IFT, fly the katana, and straight to the t-7? would the timeline for UPT be cut short or are they just switching to more sim focused training? it seems like the t-7 won't be operational until 2028 and the t-6 is going to be retiring in a couple years. is that correct?

looks like a 35. hopefully the pilots OK.

apologies for the way too specific problem, and hoping to find a solution on a forum. anyways, for knowledge sake, I was diagnosed with chronic ear infection and was given allergy medicine (loratadine tablets and fluticasone propionate nasal spray) by my doctor. when I went to my ENT, she cleaned the wax out of my ears and gave me ciprofloxdexameth otic susp ear drops which helped with hearing loss and the middle ear infection. things have been going good so far (knock on wood), so hopefully this can help anyone else who runs into the issue.

I always knew you were into that stuff.

anyone watch the blue angels IMAX movie?

I agree. I guess I just haven't met anyone that knocks my socks off. I would love to find someone who pushes me when im tired or understands what I want, but its just hard to find. im glad you were able to.

kind of an abnormal post, but my question is, do you think people do better in UPT if single? I had a good talk with one of the MSGT's in my unit, and we were discussing what I wanted to do, and we both agreed that dating while trying to pursue a fighter slot should be something to shy away from because of how busy a fighter pilot's life can be. dont get me wrong. with all due respect, I love women and dream to start a family as well, but I do believe that they can distract you from your goals. as most of you know, the energy, money, and time spent on a significant other is enormous. I can't seem to shake the idea in my head of "how much better I could be doing without one while trying to pursue the slot," which is the reason I dont date.

if you're a guard pilot, and reach lt col or higher, are you assigned staff jobs in DC, etc. like AD or are you allowed to just stay at your unit and continue flying. if memory serves correctly, in the guard, pilots fly the same amount no matter what rank meaning they don't have to deal with any non-flying assignments?

this might be more up your alley biff.

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I have a question regarding ear infections. About a year ago, I started getting ear infections quite frequently from wearing over ear headphones at the gym. it came to the point where I had like four in the span of a couple months and it got pretty bad. I ended up going to my doctor about it and all he could do was give me eardrops and advise me to stop listening to music while in the gym (real bummer). I did that for a while and thought id try to listen to music again while doing things like homework of just for the sake of listening to tunes and found that I was getting them again just from having them on for longer than an hour. it comes to a point where if you get too many that it can actually be detrimental to your hearing and I believe you need good hearing to be a pilot. I even tried just regular AirPods that dont cover the full ear and it does the same thing. ive scoured the internet searching for solutions and it seems like the only answer is "clean your headphones" (isn't that pretty obvious?) which I do before every time I wear them. However, I did find that putting garlic oil drops in your ear stops infections, so maybe putting those in beforehand?? it seems like ive become very susceptible to ear infections with no clue what's causing it because ALOT of people can wear ear phones for hours on end and be fine. I dont understand why I am any different or what caused me to just get so many ear infections so randomly. for records sake, ear infections from headphones are usually caused by moisture and fluid being trapped in the ear creating a warm temperature building up bacteria and ear wax causing the ear to get infected. this has me wondering: are the fighter pilot helmets super snug on your head to the point where it restricts air flow into the ear? do you have to wear earbuds when you fly? This got me worrying about the MFS process (if I did get hired one day). is this a disqualifying possibility because how can I possibly fly and defend my country when I would get an ear infection from wearing the helmet and earbuds every single sortie ultimately leading to hearing loss? has anyone heard of others having this problem? is there any remedies? sorry this is kind of all over the place, I would appreciate any feedback.

you the man brabus! if the dream ever works out, and when I am of the age, beers on me.

since kind of on the topic, how did you guys finance your PPL? loans? rich parents? side hustles? being DSG, you make dirt money and obviously im gonna need a second job if I want to even possibly attain enough money.

thanks, will do. in regards to the misunderstanding, I was appalled too. I actually asked her to repeat it to me and I wrote it down word for word to make sure I wasn't crazy. maybe its just a reserves thing?

Roger that. thanks for the insight; I was super on the fence about possibly *ucking my career for 10k.