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SupersonicMax said:I'm a military pilot. Not an Airline Pilot. Slight difference. I don't want to join Air Canada.
Say I'm in the QRA 2 times a week on average, I fly 1 Red Air mission, during which I emulate enemy aircraft and armament and perhaps I fly 1 "blue air" mission (if we don't do Force Employment ie: CAS for the army, TASMO for the Navy), meaning on average, if I am lucky, I will fly 1 training mission a week. Considering we have about 6 disciplines we need to be proficient at (BFM, ACM, AWI, DCA, CAS and AI) and they all are very perishable skills. That means in month I never train in all 6 disciplines. We keep proficient using spare time flying the simulator or hitting the books, when you can spare time away from your secondary duties. I work on average 10-12 hours a day (not including the 24hrs everytime you are in the QRA) and we can barely maintain a good tactical standard. And you want us to sacrifice some of this time to do drill and shine shoes?
Again, I can do my job fine and I expect the same from other. Dress is definately not of any importance, given the nature of our operations. Attitude is 1000 times more important.
Thankfully, my boss thinks the same....
What? You think you're the only one in the military that has to pull shifts, stay current, do extra studies, duties, courses, etc, etc, etc. Cry me a river. Welcome to the club bub. Don't try make yourself sound so hard done by. You're not talking to a bunch of kids on Career Day at public school.