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Graygor
1kB Realty 1kB Galactic
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Posted - 2013.10.03 15:34:00 -
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Tbh you must have an amazingly stable psychological profile to get that placement. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commisar Kate |
Random McNally
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
31900
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Posted - 2013.10.03 15:40:00 -
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They offered to have me mop floors.
But only in the public areas. I think it was because I was really nearsighted.
Now my destiny is laid out for me. Red Fed Grunt.-á Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ UNBAN SAEDE!-á ALICE SAKI FOR OOPE MODERATOR! Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
1726
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Posted - 2013.10.03 16:30:00 -
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Graygor wrote:Tbh you must have an amazingly stable psychological profile to get that placement. I think it might be a job that they put the non-science majors people in. The guys going into pilot and navigator jobs all pretty much had engineering degrees and private pilot licenses, plus ROTC experience. And of course perfect eyesight and hearing. You could qualify for a flying job based on your physical tests and the written exams, but if you'd probably still get edged out if you didn't have the engineering degree, pilot's license, and ROTC. And then among those few flying jobs there was a hierarchy: 4. Navigators - backseat dead weight 3. Cargo pilots - truck driver 2. Bomber pilots - not good enough for fighters 1. Fighter pilots - ultra alpha male
And among the fighter pilots, the elite of the elite were the F-15 drivers. I guess the top spot would be F-22 pilot these days. |
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
563
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Posted - 2013.10.03 18:17:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:One article I saw said he was in ROTC* in high school, but eventually rejected by the Army because he was nearsighted. I didn't know the Army rejected people because of eyesight. Maybe he was really, really nearsighted.
*Reserve Officer Training Corp Sufficiently bad eyesight will absolutely get you rejected. It has to be really baaaaad, though. 5 diopters, IIRC from my time as a Recruiter. CCP, debuff Barges, or buff Ganking. Either will do for me, but we need more Yaaar! in this game lest it become WoW in Spaaaaace! -á~ Me |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
52716
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Posted - 2013.10.04 13:47:00 -
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My father's dream was to be a Railroad Engineer, but that got dashed as he was color blind utterly. Red and green lights look exactly alike.
So.....he wound up engineering and designing really large paper mills.
Go figure. People who feel safer with a gun than with guaranteed medical insurance don't yet have a fully adult concept of scary.-á -William Gibson |
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
2223
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Posted - 2013.10.04 13:55:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:My father's dream was to be a Railroad Engineer, but that got dashed as he was color blind utterly. Red and green lights look exactly alike.
So.....he wound up engineering and designing really large paper mills.
Go figure.
Yeah I'm not nearly that bad. In fact I've gotten better at differentiating considering that I've been working in printer technologies for the past 10 years. In fact probably the only one I really have an issue with now are dark blues and purple when the shades are really close. Out of Pod is getting In the Pod - Join in game channel IG OOPE |
Graygor
1kB Realty 1kB Galactic
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Posted - 2013.10.05 06:45:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Graygor wrote:Tbh you must have an amazingly stable psychological profile to get that placement. I think it might be a job that they put the non-science majors people in. The guys going into pilot and navigator jobs all pretty much had engineering degrees and private pilot licenses, plus ROTC experience. And of course perfect eyesight and hearing. You could qualify for a flying job based on your physical tests and the written exams, but if you'd probably still get edged out if you didn't have the engineering degree, pilot's license, and ROTC. And then among those few flying jobs there was a hierarchy: 4. Navigators - backseat dead weight 3. Cargo pilots - truck driver 2. Bomber pilots - not good enough for fighters 1. Fighter pilots - ultra alpha male And among the fighter pilots, the elite of the elite were the F-15 drivers. I guess the top spot would be F-22 pilot these days.
Damn pilots.
Tanks are where the actions at. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commisar Kate |
Alpharius Aleutinus
Ascon Research
3
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Posted - 2013.10.05 09:34:00 -
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I didn't read his books, but I did watch some films based on his books. I think Tom Clancy created a certain myth around himself. And that is not something anyone can do. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
52990
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Posted - 2013.10.05 11:30:00 -
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Micheal Dietrich wrote:Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:My father's dream was to be a Railroad Engineer, but that got dashed as he was color blind utterly. Red and green lights look exactly alike.
So.....he wound up engineering and designing really large paper mills.
Go figure. Yeah I'm not nearly that bad. In fact I've gotten better at differentiating considering that I've been working in printer technologies for the past 10 years. In fact probably the only one I really have an issue with now are dark blues and purple when the shades are really close.
Yeah. There's a spot in Golden Gate Park that for a few weeks every year blooms in spectacular blue and purple flowers of all species, but to my dad, it was all just a solid wall of green.
I always felt sad for him about things like that. People who feel safer with a gun than with guaranteed medical insurance don't yet have a fully adult concept of scary.-á -William Gibson |
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