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I am very thoughroughly disgusted with the way you conduct security clearance business.  I visited recruiting office for the first time when I was 37, too old as I thought back then.  Well, how naive was I.  Now, 27 month later I got message on my phone that there will be another inquiry that...

Gentlemen, I can't believe it was me who started this thread.  Does anybody remember original question?

May I speculate here too.  If you have options other than pilot you will never be offered pilot's "job".  I can understand recruiter's position on this - if the guy can settle for something else than so be it.  There are enough applicants who will never settle for anything else, so if they are...

I have one interesting observation regarding midsection fat.  I lived in small community at some point and my girlfriend noticed all men have flat bellies in this little town.  And then I moved back to big city and then back into the country and the same thing - people generally look healthier...

I wonder if there are any soaring pilots among you people.  I logged almost 20 hours in glider in last four days, 5 hours on the average daily.  Soaring conditions were so great, staying up wasn't a question.  Is there any chance for a pilot in CF to fly gliders on his free time?  Any soaring...

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interesting topic.  I pump iron almost daily so my bench press is out of question, I can pump 270# for a rep or two.  12 pullups, "almost" 40 sit ups, will have to try a bit harder next time.  1.5km in 9:45 - what else was there?  If I remember correctly JTF2 tests include swim, long jump...

I am at about 195# now and despite all efforts to loose some I am still gaining, lean muscles of course.  Three things: weight training 6 days a week, eat (EAT), sleep 8 hours daily.  You need all three components together, not one or two but all three.  Take creatins too and drink a lot of...

Thank you Steve.  I think I know how interesting it is flying smaller planes.  I flew glider today for over 4 hours.  I couldn't walk straight after the flight.  I was working evey bump of lift, following  terrain so close I could see eyes of mountain goats.  Dehydrated, hypoxic, frozen but man...

Thanks for the warning.  I would take those comments from flying school with a bit of doubt too.  But those are the same people who advised me about job finding hurdles about 2 years ago.  They were saying that before taking the plunge prospective students should be aware and bla bla.  That is...

cda84,  you are absolutely right, there are reasons to join beyond the just a "descent job" thing.  Would I be given an offer I would never consider anything else.  But by the time I get an offer, (if ever! ) it will be close to 3 years since my first appearance in recruiting centre.  So, three...

As my security clearance drags on, I went to flying school to poke around for civilian options.  My contingency plan was (is) to get instructor's rating and instruct part-time till my tuition is paid off or airline company picks me up.  So, I sent a few e-mails with questions and responce was...

Thanx everybody, really appreciate all the comments here.  Regarding first things first - waiting is brutal sometimes, I think there should be some kind of a medal for patience.  I have got nothing else to do but to disturb busy people with my silly questions.  I saw that crazy Russian's...

I think I have seen posted somewhere that pilot has to be whithin 160 to 200 lbs of weight in order to be able to fly fast jet because of ejection seat design limits.  Shall I pull through the reqruiting process fast jets will be my first choice, hence was my question.

It is rather academic interest at this point but would that matter if I am 190 lbs?  Or should I drop it down to somewhere in the middle of the bracket?  Its all pure muscless though, will hate to let them go...

gentlemen,  is there gym on every base?  If there is, can it be used during your normal "working" hours or do you have to go there on your spare time?  I kinda got into routine for last 6 years and can't think of quitting anytime soon.

Now I have aquestion - you did pass ASC, right?  See, by turning with pedals only you are using the secondary effect of rudder or whatever it is called which comes with a bit of skidding into the turn instead of clean turn.  I thought skidding/slipping is one of the negative indicators on your...

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Hello people Questshshn:  how do I get time off if I am woking very much?  Or should I say big time.  I work in an outfit that depend on people like me to operate and scheduling replacements is not an easy thing to do and my days off almost never when I want them nor they are of the right...

There is actually more to it than just knowing - we all learned to drive car long time ago and drove it for a while, so there are reflexes to be unlearnt.  Especially if you are driving stick your both feet are doing a bit of work which is totally different from what they do when you co-ordinate...