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You knew that as a kid?

bluGill 3y ago
Once someone points it out it wasn't hard to figure out. There is a big difference in how the Navy and Air force train pilots, relating to their very different missions. The Navy needs pilots that can land on a carrier at sea, and so their training even when on land is designed to get you ready for that. The air force doesn't have to do that, and so they have no reason to teach those skills. Both programs produce highly skilled pilots that can safely fly airplanes, but they have noticeable differences in details. The US Air force is the worlds largest air force. The US Navy is second largest. While it is possible to learn to fly in ways other than joining one of the above two (Marines, Army, Coast guard, or private schools), they together train much less pilots and so odds are I never had one. I wouldn't have been able to tell these others from an air force pilot most likely.
- CSMastermind 3y ago
  I can't remember what my pilot friends told me but I'm pretty sure different US airlines prefer to hire pilots trained by different branches. I think Delta has mostly Navy trained pilots and United is more Army/Airforce? Or the other way around, I don't remember the details.
dmoy 3y ago
I could believe that. I knew way more about planes, aircraft carriers, etc when I was a kid than I do now (I forgot most of it, and I'm also virtually certain I didn't know this specific fact anyway). I also used to have like a detailed chronological knowledge of the general troop movements and major battles of the civil war, and now I can barely remember that Gettysburg was after both Bull Runs, and that the first battle was just some Union dudes holed up in a fort getting shelled for days somewhere in the south off the coast. I can't remember what state even, lol.
- caditinpiscinam 3y ago
  How did you learn about these things as a kid?
  - euroderf 3y ago
    Assuming pre-internet, probably a public library.
    - dmoy 3y ago
      Yea this is it Reading books
  - bluGill 3y ago
    How did you not? Maybe you learned different things, but every kid I know goes really deep into some weird esoteric topic. Dinosaurs are common.
  - xeromal 3y ago
    Nerds have existed for all of human history
  - deleted 3y ago
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Once someone points it out it wasn't hard to figure out. There is a big difference in how the Navy and Air force train pilots, relating to their very different missions. The Navy needs pilots that can land on a carrier at sea, and so their training even when on land is designed to get you ready for that. The air force doesn't have to do that, and so they have no reason to teach those skills. Both programs produce highly skilled pilots that can safely fly airplanes, but they have noticeable differences in details. The US Air force is the worlds largest air force. The US Navy is second largest. While it is possible to learn to fly in ways other than joining one of the above two (Marines, Army, Coast guard, or private schools), they together train much less pilots and so odds are I never had one. I wouldn't have been able to tell these others from an air force pilot most likely.

CSMastermind 3y ago
I can't remember what my pilot friends told me but I'm pretty sure different US airlines prefer to hire pilots trained by different branches. I think Delta has mostly Navy trained pilots and United is more Army/Airforce? Or the other way around, I don't remember the details.

dmoy 3y ago

I could believe that. I knew way more about planes, aircraft carriers, etc when I was a kid than I do now (I forgot most of it, and I'm also virtually certain I didn't know this specific fact anyway). I also used to have like a detailed chronological knowledge of the general troop movements and major battles of the civil war, and now I can barely remember that Gettysburg was after both Bull Runs, and that the first battle was just some Union dudes holed up in a fort getting shelled for days somewhere in the south off the coast. I can't remember what state even, lol.

caditinpiscinam 3y ago
How did you learn about these things as a kid?
- euroderf 3y ago
  Assuming pre-internet, probably a public library.
  - dmoy 3y ago
    Yea this is it Reading books
- bluGill 3y ago
  How did you not? Maybe you learned different things, but every kid I know goes really deep into some weird esoteric topic. Dinosaurs are common.
- xeromal 3y ago
  Nerds have existed for all of human history
- deleted 3y ago
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