I was very lucky to get 5 FJ trips during my time in the RAF - not a boast, just a fact. During the first four, I never got the feeling the guys were trying to make me sick - but I barfed nonetheless
The last, an F3 trip out of MPA, I could be forgiven for thinking that he might have been trying to. Suited and booted as I was in an immersion suit (with lovely thermals and woollies below), g-pants, LSJ etc. He let me know after departure that the cabin conditioner (or whatever it was called and I'm sure I'll be corrected) was stuck on hot
Given what we were about to do, the writing was already on the wall or the barf already earmarked for the bag. Did it bother me? Not one bit. They'd (1435 Flt) had taken the trouble to fly me and I still managed to 'enjoy' the trip - including one particularly sporty snottex
I even barfed when I got back into Ops - good stat
Bottom line is that if you are lucky enough to blag a trip, you should accept that the fairly alien environment you find yourself in will probably lead to you chucking up. The smells, the 'G', the mask and the rest of the kit all take a fair bit of getting used to. I don't know if many pilots deliberately set out to make people barf, but in my experience, not too much 'G' will
eventually lead to you being sick. 30-40 mins into the trip does seem about right. A few lucky individuals appear to have a stronger constitution and get through it with no obvious ill effects - however I think they are in the minority.
Can FJ pilots afford to be considerate to the Pax in the back, given the pressure on FJ hours and the need to maximise the training value from every sortie? Just an open question and standing by for incoming.