Rejected at Airforce because of airsickness
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What?
A person who cannot stand the sight of blood might want to consider becoming a lawyer rather than a surgeon.
By the same token a person who gets sea sick might consider becoming a teacher rather than a sailor.
Therefore why would someone who suffers from air sickness want to become a pilot?
There is something rather illogical there and furthermore he wants to become a COMBAT pilot pulling 5 - 6 g etc and perform serious combat aerobatics mmmmh??
By the same token a person who gets sea sick might consider becoming a teacher rather than a sailor.
Therefore why would someone who suffers from air sickness want to become a pilot?
There is something rather illogical there and furthermore he wants to become a COMBAT pilot pulling 5 - 6 g etc and perform serious combat aerobatics mmmmh??
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Well...that is NORMAL to get sick if s.o. does a 60°-turn with you!....I was sick too when I did my first flight. The instructor made a 60°-turn with me-this idiot.....wanted to show me how good he is....well....after the flight, I wasn't so sure anymore if I should become a pilot!!!!
But I continued and avoided 60°-turns....for quiet a while....later it became better....after I received my PPL and a year later, when I was studying for ATPL, I made my acrobatic flight rating. I went there every day. The first 3 days I WAS SICK AS hell....20 minutes of up-side down, loops and turns....happy to be on ground again...sick, sick sick....close to vomit!!!!
I couldn't do more than one flight per day....the 3rd day I did 2 20minutes flights, with 2 hours rest in between....SICK; SICK; SICK.......THEN CAME THE FOURTH DAY....I actually wanted to stop my acrobatic flight training.....I was depressed about my air sickness.....BUT ON THE FOURTH DAY.....oh WONDER...IT WAS ALL GONE...NO AIR SICKNESS ANYMORE!!! It just disappeared completely.....and suddenly...aerobatics started and turned out to be fun!!!!!
SO....it is all JUST TRAINING!!! One needs 4 days...the other a week.....or yet another a months.....but it has to be practised every day.....if you have once overcome the sickness, a flight once per months or once all 3 months is sufficient (depends on the individual) to resist air sickness (concerning sickness when doing aerobatics!!!). I now haven't done aerobatics for 2 years...so I think...the first 3 days I would feel terrible ill again.
HEADS UP!!!! SHOW IT THOSE IDIOTIC FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS!!!!
AND GOOD LUCK!!!
But I continued and avoided 60°-turns....for quiet a while....later it became better....after I received my PPL and a year later, when I was studying for ATPL, I made my acrobatic flight rating. I went there every day. The first 3 days I WAS SICK AS hell....20 minutes of up-side down, loops and turns....happy to be on ground again...sick, sick sick....close to vomit!!!!
I couldn't do more than one flight per day....the 3rd day I did 2 20minutes flights, with 2 hours rest in between....SICK; SICK; SICK.......THEN CAME THE FOURTH DAY....I actually wanted to stop my acrobatic flight training.....I was depressed about my air sickness.....BUT ON THE FOURTH DAY.....oh WONDER...IT WAS ALL GONE...NO AIR SICKNESS ANYMORE!!! It just disappeared completely.....and suddenly...aerobatics started and turned out to be fun!!!!!
SO....it is all JUST TRAINING!!! One needs 4 days...the other a week.....or yet another a months.....but it has to be practised every day.....if you have once overcome the sickness, a flight once per months or once all 3 months is sufficient (depends on the individual) to resist air sickness (concerning sickness when doing aerobatics!!!). I now haven't done aerobatics for 2 years...so I think...the first 3 days I would feel terrible ill again.
HEADS UP!!!! SHOW IT THOSE IDIOTIC FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS!!!!
AND GOOD LUCK!!!
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I also felt horrible after a stall (the instructor simulated it), when he closed the gas and it felt like the plane was falling or something, it was a weird feeling but I got sick of that..
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Become a pilot then you dont have to be a lying, sanctimonious sh!t, who would sell his/her own mother.
Cant beat the view from the "office". There are only two types of people in life, those who are pilots and those who want to be.
Regards
PS there is a lot more to life than money, In fact I would pay to do my job.
Cant beat the view from the "office". There are only two types of people in life, those who are pilots and those who want to be.
Regards
PS there is a lot more to life than money, In fact I would pay to do my job.
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Do not write the letter until you have done something to alleviate the problems you are having. If you can get on a desensitising course, great! (Do not confuse with a fear of flying course - I'm sure you wouldn't.) Or, do some light aircraft flying - 10 hours? - and see how it goes. If all is well, write the letter and say that the problem has been cured and explain how. Without either of the above the reply from the RDAF(?) will be a 'Sorry, no thanks'.
Do not write the letter until you have done something to alleviate the problems you are having. If you can get on a desensitising course, great! (Do not confuse with a fear of flying course - I'm sure you wouldn't.) Or, do some light aircraft flying - 10 hours? - and see how it goes. If all is well, write the letter and say that the problem has been cured and explain how. Without either of the above the reply from the RDAF(?) will be a 'Sorry, no thanks'.
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To those that suggest an alternative career because of airsickness get a grip. I remember being sick on EoC 1 but it soon passes. As for aeros well that really made me reach for the bag but a week spent on a Hawk TWU including gunnery range trips made anything I did subsequently in a Bulldog fine.
Desensitizing works.
Desensitizing works.
