Seems like there is a lot of us in here...good to see other F.E.'s for once...

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Originally posted by sttawb:
Seems like there is a lot of us in here...good to see other F.E.'s for once...

Represented!!!!

Fo Shiz, Cheeze Whiz.

What are you? A Naviguesser? (yes...I am being a Navihater)

Gots you a table and every-thang? I suppose you actually get to "sit down" and "eat lunch" and all that wuusy stuff too?

Did they give you a TOLD pouch when you graduated BFE...or did you get issued one on the plane...

...like this:

Das how we roll.

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Originally posted by lstgnfghtr:
What are you? A Naviguesser? (yes...I am being a Navihater)

Gots you a table and every-thang? I suppose you actually get to "sit down" and "eat lunch" and all that wuusy stuff too?

Did they give you a TOLD pouch when you graduated BFE...or did you get issued one on the plane...

...like this:

LOL!!! don't hate!!!! Yes, I do have a little table....yes I can eat my lunch there......but I rarely have time to on locals, but when we take long trips...that's when I sign out the lil' laptop and follow along with our satellite view and play endless hands of solitaire.

Sorry...

...still actively "hating".

Got any 60 F.E.'s on here. I'd like to see some good pics of the 60's FE station. Those can be hard to come by.

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Originally posted by lstgnfghtr:
Fo Shiz, Cheeze Whiz.

Is the top portion of that pic the FE panel on 130's???

Here's the AWACS shiza

Yeah...there's more above that was cutoff by the pic...the pressurization/air conditioning, bleed air and anti-ice/de-ice panel is above.

We have that, the IFF/TCAS (on the throttle pedestal), the synchrophaser and we run the throttles to set TAS for climb, cruise, and descent when the pilot(s) are not hand flying speeds (i.e. not for low levels or formations, but for cruise flight in the FL's), and we run the ramp and door for airdrops.

On our re-fuelers back home, we have the Helicopter Air Refueling (HAR) panel as well, and run the gas hoses to the helos.

But unlike GAYWACS, I don't have a table to eat my lunch on...

Lucky feller.........

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Originally posted by lstgnfghtr:


But unlike GAYWACS, I don't have a table to eat my lunch on...

Lucky feller.........

But you can always punk the Nav outta his seat. haha.

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But unlike GAYWACS

HAHA.

Nah...I'd rather he sit there and play solitaire, so he doesn't see me eating HIS lunch on the down-low...

Nice stuff. I would post an MC pic but can't figure out how.

Hey James;

Go to photobucket. I can't post the link, but if it had a www. before it, and a .com after it, you'd be getting close.

Easy way to post and share photos. Takes a little getting used to, but if you are a 1A1, you might be able to "finger it out" without busting out the books.

I TOTALLY almost Q-3'ed today.

I was MORE than happy to take the Q-2 I got. No argument WHATSOEVER.

Call me an idiot all you want...I deserve it. I should be stuck here at Little Rock until someone beats me senseless for the stupid mistakes I made today.

Transposing Threshold and Approach speeds on the mini TOLD card...and calling it good, even AFTER about 3 "hints" from the Evaluator AND the IP. (and about 3 other dum-dum moves)

Head up the bungie...fer sher.

Respectfully yours;

"The Humbled One"

So you suffered from stage fright, what were the other dum-dums? Just curious because at one point I was an IFE and FEFE in the training squadron.
Not to add to the pressure of the job, but the FE is an enlisted member with two college educated chauffers who rely upon your knowledge and expertise in that seat. It is also nice to be knowledgeable (but keep it to yourself) about instrument procedures so you can set back and "rest assured" that your chauffers are getting you from point "A" to point "B" without any FAA violations.

Enough of my ramblings, good luck.

Sorry...wasn't ignoring you...I have no internet connection here at my next training base (until the weekend when I move the heck OFF this base)

Drop me a PM from the profile page and I'll fill you in.

Q-3? Those who have and those who will. I got one a few years back, after getting back from the desert. AMC trains one way - check rides happen another way. That was a compelling reason to join the dark side. I like to train the way I fight.

Ahhh...back to the world of regular internet and no Air Farce firewall issues (i.e. I can actually check my Gmail again).

Off Base...the only way to fly.

Shoot. I got downgraded on a check because I put an X on my AIRCAT as we held short from an assault. "Doing paperwork on runway" was the ding. We weren't even on the F'in runway. We were on the taxiway sitting still waiting for inbound - had been for five minutes! Always remember: There is s@#t that matters and there is s@#t that doesn't.

Great advice.

I just learned about checkrides. OH I CAN'T WAIT!

I have my final EPE tomorrow (got home from the night TAC at 0400, and have the EPE at 1300), then the final check.

Send happy thoughts my way, fellas...I drew a really tough EF, and I NEED to UN-ASS this freaking place...ASAP. No "do-overs"...I gots ta GO.

Not that Kirtland isn't an incredibly stimulating place...I mean, South Valley is just like a little slice of Heaven...and the spot outside the Wyoming Gate? Oh yeah...that's prime-time, baby.

Like I said...I gots ta go.

What? You're tired of the Black Diamond already?

The Black Diamond was very pretty in the daytime. Got to fly with the CC on his Fini, so we took our time and didn't "train" so much as just enjoy the route.

But, alas, now I am back in Sunny California...where the sorties break and CanX even more than at Kirtland (if that is even possible).

I got home on the 11th of August, and today is the 9th of September. I have had ONE sortie actually go wheels up.

One.

1 for 9 scheduled so far...woo hoo.

(and, the day I got home, I got a totally revised -1 and a new goofy checklist. What a welcome home gift, eh? For my birthday in November, maybe I get a totally new MQF? One can only hope. And then, Santa is bringing us an ASEV too!!!)

But all I have to do is drive to the other side of the runway and watch the Army guys for a few minutes, and I once again remember why I crossed into the blue...(it's all good in the hood.)

Best part is you get paid without even breaking ground.

Will be joining you guys soon. Just got approved for retraining into 1A1.

Awesome. Don't take the upgrade path that lstgnfghtr took. He was on the slow boat to China, though mostly no fault of his own. He has his buddy Murphy with him just about the whole way!

Got class dates for HH-60 FE in Sept 2010. I am over the moon.

Congrats Adam. Hope you like New Mexico. You will be here for a while.

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Originally posted by caninedale:
Congrats Adam. Hope you like New Mexico. You will be here for a while.

I'm not so eagerly awaiting the proverbial AF ass ****ing. Something crazy is happening. This is my retraining process:

Popped into flight med to get a class 3. Have some cranial issues and require a waiver after a bunch of appts with the shrink and neurologist. Once all of that is done, doc submits my package to big blue. Get it back approved within 1 week.

FY10 jobs drop and I submit my package on a Thursday night. Log in Friday morning from home and I'm already approved. Log in Friday afternoon and I have my first couple class dates.

Only class I'm missing right now is SERE but I have the underwater egress dates already with a couple week gap in between there and IQT.

Something bad has to happen in this process.

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Something bad has to happen in this process.

Yeah..its called the 512th RQS.

Area is nice..take some time and get away for the weekends. GET OFF THE BASE!! Go south, north..whatever..but get off that damn base.

I've heard nothing but good things about the 512th man

Not looking forward to the cold either but it sure as hell sounds like a blast.

Just come back here for some advice when you get to KIKR. Plenty of good spots to check out, and many of us have spent a lot of time in that particular spot. Caninedale was an instructor there, so he knows it well. He and I were both there together on 2 separate occasions, and still never managed to hook up for a brew...(and I had an extra ticket to go see Motley Crue, too...it turned out...but he had some excuse about having to go to "work"...the slacker).

Go see Santa Fe, but once or twice should suffice. It is a tourist trap for the wealthy or the wanna-be wealthy. A lot of pretty stuff to see up north towards Colorado. A very motorcycle friendly state, I must say (even though students can't ride bikes...by the book, at least...so of COURSE, we NEVER broke THAT rule)

;-)

Winter is better than summer for flying. Trust me. Count your blessings, and enjoy your torque and blade performance. Kirtland is over 5200 feet up to start with, so the colder it is outside, the better your aircraft will perform. Over 100 degrees in the summer, and EVERYONE's aircraft becomes a dog up there.

Congrats on getting what you wanted. Best of luck, and if things get tough, or if paperwork/admin gets screwed up, be sure to come back here and chat it out with us...maybe it's an issue one of us has already addressed, so we can give you our $0.02 on it. I was guilty of "re-inventing the wheel" a few times during my marathon retraining process, when I should have just asked others for their advice/experience notes. Don't do that...always ask.

Rock out with your Clock Out, man...

Long Island Trip:

This would be a Navi-Guesser, doing what they do best. ("ZZZzzzzz")



This is what the Eng looks like when you rudely awaken him from his nap and ask him why it's taking so long for him to go take a whiz (I wasn't sleeping...really...I was just concentrating on my upcoming urination event)



This would be what they give the big pimpin' crew.



And this is what happens when you try to bust out of town with the trophy before they get smart, and recalculate the scores...(plus, we let the Asian guy drive...so we had it coming)

Anyone stayed at Kirtland billeting lately?