wingnut 0 #1 July 15, 2004 okay so i am trying to get a class 3 flight physical for a special duty aplication here in the airforce... well the other day i had to go give the lab like 8 vials of blood... well they call me today and leave a message on my phone saying i need to talk to them.. wtf... i can't call them untill tomoorow morning at 730am.... ths sucks.... not sure what all they took blood for but i know HIV was one of em and that sort of scares, even though i know my past partners as being safe there is always the posibility.... so now i'm stuck waiting untill tommorow morning to find out... hopefully they will just tell me my colestorall is high.......... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #2 July 15, 2004 Quotehopefully they will just tell me my colestorall is high.......... Or you are pregnant. Really, hope all works out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 July 15, 2004 Wow, those Air Force flight physicals are a hell of a lot more intense than the civilian ones. I've never given blood, let alone 8 vials, for any flight physical. Hopefully nothing is wrong and just realized you need to pee in yet another cup.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #4 July 15, 2004 Quoteeven though i know my past partners as being safe there is always the posibility That's why I always wash my "hands" __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #5 July 15, 2004 I wouldn't worry about it... its proably just that you need to pick up your lab results... or something stupid... Med Groups like to call and leave cryptic messages like that... I'm trying to think of all the standard tests... its been a while... If you don't mind my asking what's the special duty assignment? Scott (aka: Lt Icon)Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #6 July 15, 2004 QuoteIf you don't mind my asking what's the special duty assignment instructor at the airforce academy... teaching skydiving to the cadets... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuvToFly 0 #7 July 15, 2004 That does kind of suck. No one wants to be left hangin' like that. I think they do it on purpose just to mess with ya' "The helicopter approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of a magic carpet" - Igor Sikorsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #8 July 15, 2004 QuoteQuoteIf you don't mind my asking what's the special duty assignment instructor at the airforce academy... teaching skydiving to the cadets... OMG!!!!!!!!!!! ...I was AFROTC for a semester...they said that if I wanted that I could have easily taken the course out there...then they found out I was licensed already and said that maybe I would get bored...... ~R+R......~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #9 July 15, 2004 QuoteI was licensed already and said that maybe I would get bored...... you would of..... very much..........it's like 40 hours of ground school.... or something close to that... only place to do your first jump thatis a 5 second delay with noinstructor but the one in the plane... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #10 July 15, 2004 QuoteQuoteI was licensed already and said that maybe I would get bored...... you would of..... very much..........it's like 40 hours of ground school.... or something close to that... only place to do your first jump thatis a 5 second delay with noinstructor but the one in the plane... 40 hours!!?!?! I was told that I would need that much or a little less to learn how to fly a Cessna!!!!! 5 second delay? ::yawn::...boring...At least I could have had a little fun with the other cadets...... ~R+R...Oooooh...look at that...I wonder what will happen if I pull it......~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #11 July 15, 2004 QuoteAt least I could have had a little fun with the other cadets There was a Jumper at our DZ a year or so ago who was in AFROTC at KSU and went off to do the course. What did he learn? - Keep your damn mouth shut. If the Instructors find out you know something, They'll make an example out of you to get the other Cadets to listen up... =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #12 July 15, 2004 QuoteThey'll make an example out of you to get the other Cadets to listen up what did they do??? did they ilistrate how it is better to have a line over than a ball under malfuntion????..lol.. ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #13 July 15, 2004 Quotewhat did they do??? Nothing terrible like that!! I think he just got a hard time.. About your Blood tests - I'll be they just need a few more vials. Just think, they could just keep taking your blood vial by vial and then turn around and donate it for $$$. =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #14 July 15, 2004 QuoteQuotewhat did they do??? Nothing terrible like that!! I think he just got a hard time.. About your Blood tests - I'll be they just need a few more vials. Just think, they could just keep taking your blood vial by vial and then turn around and donate it for $$$. That sounds like a weird scam to me......only a few vials at a time...good grief...it will take forever to get a pint... ~R+R...Or they are all vampires...that's my theory...they just look too damned happy when they hit it just right...~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #15 July 15, 2004 QuoteThat sounds like a weird scam to me......only a few vials at a time...good grief...it will take forever to get a pint... I think it's more for the entertainment of the Nurses sticking who get to stick people all day...=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #16 July 15, 2004 Quote instructor at the airforce academy... teaching skydiving to the cadets... I want to get that assignment... ok... that's not entirely true... I want to get an assignment as an academy instructor (Engr Mechanics or something)... while moonlighting as an AFF/10sec delay Academy Freefall Instructor (they don't do 5 sec delay... the worst part would be the 400 Square foot student rigs they put you on...) can officers get into that program? Who'd you talk to? inquiring minds want to know. ScottLivin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larsrulz 0 #17 July 15, 2004 Good luck with that Wingnut. I went through my first few jumps out there (when I was a cadet there). It is more of a seven second delay if I remember correctly. Hope you don't mind having to upsize to jump (even the instructors were stuck with min size of about 170)...and hook turns...yeah, not gonna happen. It will be lots of boring work (but lots of jumps), but they do have a few fun things to do, like one of the NCOs gets to be cameraman for a competition team. Also, you won't be teaching most cadets to skydive, that is done by other cadets, but you will do AFF for those cadets who get to become jumpmasters. And Icon, there is only one or two (non-pilot) officers connected to the program, and they are in leadership roles...like everything in the military, the officers can't actually get their uniforms dirty. I got a strong urge to fly, but I got no where to fly to. -PF Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #18 July 15, 2004 QuoteAlso, you won't be teaching most cadets to skydive, that is done by other cadets, but you will do AFF for those cadets who get to become jumpmasters. same diffrence..... and my blood work turned out okay..well sorta.. my hemoglobin in a little low as is my iron... they are doingmore tests..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #19 July 16, 2004 Quoteand my blood work turned out okay..well sorta.. my hemoglobin in a little low as is my iron... they are doingmore tests..... Toldja...... ~R+R...~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
