Pima
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Vullnoid, I hope that bag of popcorn is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG! (The road is very long...4 yrs just at the AFA)
If the AFA does not break her, UPT will make sure she is taken down!
Raimius, is correct it is the attitude.
Yes, walk in with pride, but her comments were past that point. The only woman in the AF that could have said I expect to be a Wing Queen, is Jeannie Flynn, since she was the first female to enter the fighter pilot community. Her career progression was deemed golden the minute she got fighters!
Fifi will also be a Wing Queen, since she was the 1st Female Thunderbird.
I know both of them and can say they earned it for their abilities regarding the stick, not their chromosomes, so don't jump on me!
Both Jeannie and Fifi would never say these comments, they understand that there will always be someone better, and that the worse commanders are ones that act like HAMMERS! The I rule is considered a Hammer!
Are her comments youthful indiscretion? YES! The real question now is how deeply she believes in her statements. Some will get to the AFA, quickly surmise that everyone else there has the same stats, and they are not "special". Some will continue with an attitude believing that they are better!
There was one on this board that people were concerned because of their constant boasting while going through the process. They believed that they "were all that, and the AFA should take them". They saw that bravado hurt them, and got with the program. A yr ago I would have thought they would have been mince meat at BCT because of their attitude, now I believe they will be successful. Maybe she will be like them, and realize she is not all that, or maybe she won't bend and be like Mars Boy...only time will tell.
Only thing I can say as a wife who's DH flew fighters for 21 yrs... Old craniums, be it AFA cadets, UPT instructors, or Op squadrons drool and rub their hands while saying OH GOODY GOODY, when they know that someone like that is coming. The reason why? To show them that the AF is not a ME organization!
If the AFA does not break her, UPT will make sure she is taken down!
Raimius, is correct it is the attitude.
Yes, walk in with pride, but her comments were past that point. The only woman in the AF that could have said I expect to be a Wing Queen, is Jeannie Flynn, since she was the first female to enter the fighter pilot community. Her career progression was deemed golden the minute she got fighters!
Fifi will also be a Wing Queen, since she was the 1st Female Thunderbird.
I know both of them and can say they earned it for their abilities regarding the stick, not their chromosomes, so don't jump on me!
"I consider myself to be the best there is. "
"I plan on being wing commander, which means I will be in charge."
Both Jeannie and Fifi would never say these comments, they understand that there will always be someone better, and that the worse commanders are ones that act like HAMMERS! The I rule is considered a Hammer!
Are her comments youthful indiscretion? YES! The real question now is how deeply she believes in her statements. Some will get to the AFA, quickly surmise that everyone else there has the same stats, and they are not "special". Some will continue with an attitude believing that they are better!
There was one on this board that people were concerned because of their constant boasting while going through the process. They believed that they "were all that, and the AFA should take them". They saw that bravado hurt them, and got with the program. A yr ago I would have thought they would have been mince meat at BCT because of their attitude, now I believe they will be successful. Maybe she will be like them, and realize she is not all that, or maybe she won't bend and be like Mars Boy...only time will tell.
Only thing I can say as a wife who's DH flew fighters for 21 yrs... Old craniums, be it AFA cadets, UPT instructors, or Op squadrons drool and rub their hands while saying OH GOODY GOODY, when they know that someone like that is coming. The reason why? To show them that the AF is not a ME organization!
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