Kenmore Air down Sucia Island 7/23

[DeltaAlphaNovember]

When I went through initial out here, we still did a pool day. Not sure when they stopped, but it's not a thing anymore.

We did our's towards the very end of our training footprint and for the week leading up to it my Sim partner (who had just gone through a bad breakup) was talking about how awesome it was going to be. The class before us had done a combined pool day with the new hire FA class going through and that's all he could talk about.

Fast forward to pool day, and it's just the three of us from my class huddling together in a pool in the pouring rain, glaring at my poor sim partner.

We did pool day with the new hire FA class. There were a lot of us that day. One of the guys in my class dropped his wedding ring in the pool towards the very end. It was of our duty of course to give him a hard time about it.

 

[knot4u]

We did ours in uniform so we could feel what it would be like. Definitely a good workout trying to stay afloat.

It's not supposed to be fun, and I think realism is important, but I'm guessing some of these companies are just checking a box for their insurance company. My friend said most of his classmates all stayed at the same hotel. I asked him if anyone ever actually wore pants, he said only checking in or checking out and only if it was winter.

 

[DropTank]

Is there a place civilians can do this?

Did one as a civie, but I can't remember where it was.
That's why I was asking.

 

[MikeD]

Is there a place civilians can do this?

chamber or centrifuge?

there’s a few chamber places that civvies can do, i think they take you to 350 maybe. Our mil chamber training had us to 470 back in the day, where symptoms once the mask is dropped happen very quickly.

Centrifuge was an 8G ride done a few times in a session, and is one where you have to follow the breathing techniques and not panic due to not being able to breathe well, and ultimately remain conscious.

 

[knot4u]

chamber or centrifuge?

there’s a few chamber places that civvies can do, i think they take you to 350 maybe. Our mil chamber training had us to 470 back in the day, where symptoms once the mask is dropped happen very quickly.

Centrifuge was an 8G ride done a few times in a session, and is one where you have to follow the breathing techniques and not panic due to not being able to breathe well, and ultimately remain conscious.

All of my centrifuge training was completed either at Six Flags Magic Mountain in a contraption called Spin-Out under the auspices of a pimply faced seasonal ride operator or in a very dangerous machine known as an Orbitron run by very suspicious looking ex cons in dire need of a dentist at the local annual carnival. I'm what you might call an expert.