Thanks James.
I'm saying that flying a helo is more demanding than flying an airplane, and has nothing to do with which one is "harder to become".Originally Posted by madhatter
No, there's nothing wrong with that. Nobody's ordering them, it's their own decision. Passing flight medical for Air Force pilot is extremely difficult at 18 out of high school. As a comissioned officer at 24, 25 it's much easier because standards decrease with age. Comissioned officers who express a desire to fly and pass medical are trained in accordance with established pilot training program and are every bit as qualified as those who studied as military pilots at the college. We need 10-15 cadets to begin training every year at a minimum to maintain the current number of pilots. This year we managed 4, a few years ago none... You do the math.
http://www.morh.hr/hr/vijesti-najave...ih-pilota.html
Those two "retards" were the best pilots of their respective training generations, flying on old aircraft for a ridiculous pay with the higher-ups leaving them with dangerousley little flying time. Show some ****!ng respect. Yes, they made a mistake that cost us two aircraft and two outstanding pilots who will probably never fly fighters again, because of the systematic neglect Air Force suffers at the hands of politicians and incompetent commanders for over a decade now. It's a testament to the skill of our pilots that something similar didn't happen before.
And no, they weren't part of that program, the accident happened a month before the first generation started their flight training.
I see that you have no affiliation with aviation, so I'll explain this: mistakes are made. You do your best to avoid them, but they'll happen eventually. Sometimes, your mic or earphone plug loses contact aleaving you with no coms, or ATC relays wrong instructions because he's mixed you up with another flight, or you end up off-course because you forgot to line up heading indicator with magnetic compass etc.
Afghanistan, yes. Much less of a problem in the Air Force's KFOR deployment, because less people allows for better candidates. Ten years from now, it'll get better.Yeah, right. Man our army motto is ''it is not how good you are, but who do you know/who's your relative'' . Just ask around how people are getting Afghanistan gig. You need to know somone.
Back to topic, does anyone know what types of callsigns Israeli Air Force uses? Perhapse someone with knowledge of declassified callsigns that are/were used recently? I've been using placeholder callsigns, but I'd like to change them. Also, I'm assuming visiting jets get assigned callsigns in keeping with Israel's policy regarding the matter. Or would they keep their own callsigns?
No! My respect goes to men like him http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hrva...4/Default.aspx , men who have done something for this country, not some cowboys who don't know how to follow procedure http://www.kaportal.hr/istrazni-zahtjev-protiv-pilota. Because of their stupidity we lost 2 planes and it doesn't look like we gonna get replacements soon. But you are right, this is waaaay off topic and i wish you well with your story.
True, Selak is the best and most experienced pilot we have. And if each of them had over 30 years of experience flying fighters and sufficient yearly flight hours, the accident wouldn't have happened. It was the failure of the system to ensure sufficient training which is ultimately at fault. The most important aspect of my book is what could be achieved if the government allowed the resources our military needs.
1) Copy Jan Guillou and write about a Georgian hero type character...instead of a swedish one
2) Become multimillionaire...
http://www.amazon.com/Jan-Guillou/e/...4801289&sr=8-2
Is Croatian hero type close enough?
Anyway, to repeat my question: Can anyone tell what type of callsigns IAF uses? Some declassified examples would be great. Also, do visiting countries get assigned Israeli callsigns or do they keep their own?
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