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Definition of "might": used to show possibility.
..Not certainty.
"Sure there are PLENTY of ifs to becoming a pilot...or ANYTHING else anyone wants to do. Anyone that doesn't realize this...well...I feel sorry for them. But that doesn't mean that you can't strive for that KNOWING that your chances are slim. Like we've said before...it's something to keep our heads up in that place. So the point is not that "you might not get the pilot slot," but rather that "you might." -me
"I disagree. The point is, once you've built up in your mind, for a lifetime, that you will (will=certainty, I never spoke with certainty) be a pilot, and you're competing for 100 other people who have built up in their life times that the only thing they will be (again) are pilots, are you going to be ok with the next thing? If you're looking at USNA, and all you want to do is fly F/A-18s, will you be ok flying a helo? What if you don't even get a helo, and instead have to drive a frigate around, would you be ok with that. (Never EVEN applied to Navy knowing that I wouldn't like doing any of those things IF I didn't receive the F-18 slot)
Hope for the best, plan for the worst. (is this not a different way of saying "'don't think that you might not get the pilot slot', but rather that you 'might'"? ) This doesn't only apply to selecting academies, branches within a service...it applies to any long term plans you may have ("...or ANYTHING else anyone wants to do..." Is that not the same?). You don't want to be the guy sitting there on billet night after you just found out where you're going thinking "oh no, what have I gotten myself into......5 years of THIS"." -LITS
I don't know, LITS, those two look complimentary to each other...
..Not certainty.
"Sure there are PLENTY of ifs to becoming a pilot...or ANYTHING else anyone wants to do. Anyone that doesn't realize this...well...I feel sorry for them. But that doesn't mean that you can't strive for that KNOWING that your chances are slim. Like we've said before...it's something to keep our heads up in that place. So the point is not that "you might not get the pilot slot," but rather that "you might." -me
"I disagree. The point is, once you've built up in your mind, for a lifetime, that you will (will=certainty, I never spoke with certainty) be a pilot, and you're competing for 100 other people who have built up in their life times that the only thing they will be (again) are pilots, are you going to be ok with the next thing? If you're looking at USNA, and all you want to do is fly F/A-18s, will you be ok flying a helo? What if you don't even get a helo, and instead have to drive a frigate around, would you be ok with that. (Never EVEN applied to Navy knowing that I wouldn't like doing any of those things IF I didn't receive the F-18 slot)
Hope for the best, plan for the worst. (is this not a different way of saying "'don't think that you might not get the pilot slot', but rather that you 'might'"? ) This doesn't only apply to selecting academies, branches within a service...it applies to any long term plans you may have ("...or ANYTHING else anyone wants to do..." Is that not the same?). You don't want to be the guy sitting there on billet night after you just found out where you're going thinking "oh no, what have I gotten myself into......5 years of THIS"." -LITS
I don't know, LITS, those two look complimentary to each other...