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But are all astronauts miltary pilots first?
No, not required.
But are all astronauts miltary pilots first?
That's my point, of course the best of the best from our military are chosen, and they aren't all aviators. It just seems odd that that would be a question on an application, what would be the percentage of respondents that answered "yes".No, not required.
No, he was a typical Mesaba Minneapolis guy. More likely to be known for crock pot night at his house, or guy who invited all the pinnacle guys over for hockey night after the merger than to tell everyone he was a Olympian.Met him once. Very nice guy and if it wasn't pointed out to me I don't think anyone would have known his past.
But are all astronauts miltary pilots first?
No, he was a typical Mesaba Minneapolis guy. More likely to be known for crock pot night at his house, or guy who invited all the pinnacle guys over for hockey night after the merger than to tell everyone he was a Olympian.
Quiet, intelligent, humble.
That's my point, of course the best of the best from our military are chosen, and they aren't all aviators. It just seems odd that that would be a question on an application, what would be the percentage of respondents that answered "yes".
Well since everything takes money, and its a question 20-40 guys out of 15k applications, why waste the time asking a guy to program the question and the print a response when it WILL be on the resume anyhow.I guess I really don't understand the pushback against an airline asking the question. Since it is simply a few electrons being pushed around on an online application, I don't see what the argument against it would be. What does it hurt? It is just another bit of info that feeds into building an overall picture about the applicant. How is it "odd"? Personally, I think that kind of experience, training, and knowledge is highly relevant in an applicant who was also otherwise qualified to be a 121 pilot.
How is it any less relevant than the other stuff they ask for on PilotCredentials, e.g. your high school GPA or what speeding tickets you had 17 years ago?
I guess I really don't understand the pushback against an airline asking the question. Since it is simply a few electrons being pushed around on an online application, I don't see what the argument against it would be. What does it hurt? It is just another bit of info that feeds into building an overall picture about the applicant. How is it "odd"? Personally, I think that kind of experience, training, and knowledge is highly relevant in an applicant who was also otherwise qualified to be a 121 pilot.
How is it any less relevant than the other stuff they ask for on PilotCredentials, e.g. your high school GPA or what speeding tickets you had 17 years ago?
If you can't see that the question is so nonsensically egotistical, then you may want to take a step back and think about it a little more.
@jtrain609 you can count me as part of the problem.
If American wants a lunar landing, good for them. It is their choice of who they want filling their seat.
You should have been taught about the Equal Opportunity Act in your fancy law school.
I guess I'm officially part of the problem, then. I don't see what is "egotistical" or "nonsensical" about acknowledging that someone who is an astronaut is an individual with a unique airmanship skillset, and that an employer whose business it is to employ personnel who possess a high degree of airmanship might find it useful to know if applicants for the job have that skillset.
For all of the drum-beating I see from folks in this thread and elsewhere about the value of hiring diversity of skill and experience amongst the pilot ranks, I simply can't fathom how this topic is even worthy of objection, much less one that ruffles feathers.
Since I apparently can't see it, then would you please lay it out for me?
Highly unlikely from what I have seen. There is usually this unwritten requirement that you should be a graduate of a Military Test Pilot School which in most cases would mean you have to be a military pilots. But here is a consolidated list if you want to look through: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_crewsHas there ever been an astronaut pilot who wasn't a mil pilot first?
Mr. Nimoy died so no. Spock is the only guy i knew that could compute a slingshot timewarp using the sun, an Earth to Moon shot should be easy.Can anyone here please explain the mathematical equation for a gravitational slingshot assist maneuver, to use the gravitational properties of two planets in this case the Earth and the moon in order to alter the speed and path to help accelerate a spacecraft in order to accelerate propellant and time problem.
The pilots up front needs your help so that we can make up for lost time in this delay to help get us to DFW faster, so ya'll can make your connections.
K. thx. Bye!
Mr. Nimoy died so no. Spock is the only guy i knew that could compute a slingshot timewarp using the sun, an Earth to Moon shot should be easy.
I happen to think this is a pretty cool uniform to wear while flying:
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They had to save those whales!!!
I think everyone is missing the point about the question. It's not because those guys are necessarily better pilots in the 121 environment. It's a prestige thing. You don't think Southwest loved every bit of it whenever someone mentioned "Southwest captain and former astronaut Hoot Gibson...?" They like having an astronaut associated with their brand, because the idiot public thinks "wow, that airline attracts astronauts to fly for them!" Will there be many candidates who can check the box? No. But I'm betting the software assigns a metric crap-ton of points for that box being checked.