Hey guys!

sardaddy would be the one to chat with...

You can do a search and pull up a lot of his posts...on the search page put sardaddy in the search by user space on the left, then put in one or two words at the most in the search box top middle, such as pilot, flight training and/or other words or combinations that pull stuff up. Words such as a, the, an, is, will pull up any post he used that word in, so make it pilot related. google search will also be a good one...Have fun.

Elikeatts,

First, I wish you luck. If you really want to be a pilot, the road is long and challenging so you have to stay focused on the prize.

For your questions, I can answer them but they are pretty boring.

What's it like? Not really sure what to compare it to but in general it is like having a desk job (because you do) having to do the same amount of work as someone with the same type of job but having about 2/3 the time to do it. The other 1/3 is flying, preparing to fly, studying to fly etc.

Do you enjoy it? Sure do. If I didn't I wouldn't have done it for 23 years.

What did you major in in college? Didn't go the regular college route but it is an aviation degree. You don't need that to get a flight slot.

What are the high points and low points? High points, doing some really incredible rescues. Low points, depends on the day. This week it is trying to stay focused losing friends who died doing the exact thing you are doing at the moment.


Also if there are any pilots on this forum who fly the c-130, I'd REALLY like to hear about that. Thats my dream.

No C130 pilots here luckily. They bring down the rent in the neighborhood wherever they set up shop.

Hey now Sar!!! We extend your range by miles!

OP, Not a pilot, just a navigator that tells pilots where to go... and the best way to get there

The way things have been going lately up in this neck of the woods, I thought that telling the pilot where to go was my job! I think I have diverted every flight I've had the guard for the past 2 weeks.

Chuckles, because I've never had the courage to actually ask, what rate is the navigator on the c-130s?  I've been in the cockpit a couple times during training flights, but never asked.  I'm up there to talk to the AETs.

AMT and AET can both serve as navigators and load masters if I'm not mistaken.

AET, AMT's go Engineer. AET's can now go Nav or Engineer. (at least they could 6 years ago lol)

Rate Chuck? I thought maybe you meant rating.

Rate does not even fit the sentence, think I started to say rating and then got sidetracked!