Any fighter pilots or red arrow pilots out there.... actaully - pilots in gerenal?

Question

if so, my perception is that you have one of the most amazing jobs ever.
i'd love to know what your job is like, whether it is as incredible as i believe it to be?
what plane/jet do you pilot?
please tell me about your job.
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Yes I am a pilot. I am in the RAF, and have been for 10 years. I have flown Harriers, Jaguar and currently Tornado, soon to transfer to Eurofighter! Yippee..

Job ranges from bored - not flying to amazing and terrifying - low level in Cumbria to Bagdad.

Answer 2

I'm a poor private pilot student with only 25 flight hours on cessna 172...yearning for Boeings and Airbus... one day ;-)
I've had a lot of jumpseats and I have professional and fighter pilot as friends, and none of them would like to stop!
Flying is more than a hobby or a passion, it's a way of living...you are born for it, and you will live for it, or you just hate it.
However, professional and army careers are radically different...
Commercial pilots are always seen as privileged, but many of them have to face unemployment or not so good working conditions, long days away from home....you must be certain of the life you choose...but it's the one and only job which enables you to see breathtaking landscapes, to discover so many countries and people and to travel so much...once again, you're made for it and dream about that way of living, or not at all.
Fighter pilots are regarded as heroes, because of the power the jets give them, but most of their work is 90% of stress and only 10% of real enjoyment...psychologically and physically hard missions, hostile countries and sometimes months abroad...it's not really like in "Topgun"... but, well, it is an incredible job, and a quite crazy one!

Answer 3

I'm not a fighter pilot, but I do fly helicopters and Lear Jets. I've been flying since I was 18. I learned from a friend, then went to flying school. It's great !! It's the safest way to travel. I don't fly for a living, I fly for personal satisfaction.

Answer 4

Its not all that great, it can get really boring. Think about it.
You dont get to whip the plane around, you do out a ton of math, file flight plans, and then go fly in a line, holding a certain speed, watching instruments. Flying commercially can get pretty gay.
Flying on my own time is much better. I only get to fly a cessna 172sp, but its pretty fun to do steep turns and pulls some G's. It also gives me a chance to fly low and see something for a chance, not just clouds.

Answer 5

I love my job and telling people about my job.

I fly on the A340 for Swiss International Air Lines. I couldn't give you a direct answer for when I fly because it depends on our time table, but I fly to New York, Los Angles, Sao Palo, Kaula Lumpur, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore, and Johannesburg

Answer 6

Pilots fly because they like it. It won't make you rich, and usually only famous if you crash! Hard way to get famous huh.

Basicly imagine driving a Greayhound bus and usually about once a year you get the *poo* scared out of you.

Answer 7

Former pilot of UH-2 Huey Helicopter. I'd best not remember most of it. Prepared me for nothing whatsoever I wished to pursue in civilian life.

Answer 8

It's the only job I know of that on your day's off you can usually be found out at the local airport still pursuing your passion of flight!

Answer 9

Trust me. When I have a planeload of 18-30 lager louts, I would rather work on the dustbins. It aint as gr8 as people think.

Answer 10

Private pilot . Great hobby but exspensive.