That's awesome. I flew the UH-1H in US Army flight school during primary & instruments. That thing was indestructible

Spot on

Problem is you're stuck for 12 years dealing with military bureaucracy and fuck-fuck games. 2 years flight training then mandatory 10 year service obligation.

CWO requires a bachelors degree. Retired 20+ years, multiple air frames, and got all my college paid for. Those who think the bureaucracy is only in the military are living under a rock.

@@Recklessness97 Well , look at it this way: 24 years serving your country, an aviation career which you can carry forward in civilian life after retiring , for a few more years. Maybe it is not for you, but for others it is a dream come true.

@@jjsifo1 Constant deployments, barley home, barley seeing family, missing birthdays, anniversaries, life events, fuck-fuck games, hard to settle down with a family and if you do have a family it's added stress on the relationship and children who have to change schools and make new friends all the time. The military doesn't give a shit about you. The military owns you for the length of your commitment and they don’t hesitate to remind you of that. If you want a “career”, you play their stupid games by their stupid rules and kiss the right asses or out you go…career over. People who are good, realize after 5-6 years they can go elsewhere/ leave the military, be treated much better, have a better life for them and their family and get paid a lot more while having to deal with much less of the stupid bullshit and having more control over your life, schedule and family situation. The vast majority of career military officers I’ve seen, didn’t finish their career with their original spouse because the military basically makes you choose…your career or your family…which is your higher priority? Yeah it's okayish if you're young and have no family of your own but most people don't make it to 20 years because of all the stated reasons above plus more.

Thanks. Go do it!

Hah. We say "comfortable". But I also know that it's all just temporary. Thanks again for following along.

Thanks for watching!

Mother Rucker for real Aviators

Thanks. I really appreciate it.

Thanks @rowdygrunt. Much respect for that name too!

@premier1driver is a total Baller. I learned so much by watching & studying his videos.

Thanks.

Thanks so much for your kind words and for following along. Very grateful.

@@bluemaxsix you are welcome.

91-19...Maroon

Grateful. Thank you.

💪 Never flew the UH-60 but what a great platform. Hey, I heard they closed Larry's BBQ in Daleville?! That's the end of the true Mother Rucker.

@@bluemaxsix They did. Just in Enterprise now. They also brought back the colored class hats. My wife went to high school with the current CG. I think he was the one to push for it. Will always be mother rucker for me. I was one of the last huey flight school classes. I went in 1995.

@@robertsmithUH60driver I was 91-19 (Multi-Track). Maroon hats

@@bluemaxsix Orange 95-? for me.

Probably having the fuel tanks flanking the cockpit

Guess what...I'm an Apache Pilot! 😀

I'm going to go check it out. Thanks for the tip.

Yes, check out the description on this video.

Thanks. It's all good. I'm just grateful.

TVC! Great town.

Thanks

Agree. Always Mother Rucker to me.

Avanti*

Absolute ancient avionics. Terrible choice.

Hondajet uses less fuel

@@PC-vq5ud Piaggio cheaper to work on Turbo props and carries 9 people. So definitely a trade off.

Military Service - Yes. Affluence - Absolutely not! My military flying definetely cut the cost of PPL & Instrument to the minimums. To be honest, I just got lucky in business for which I'm incredibly grateful. Yes, I hustled like crazy but I worked with/for people who were 1) patient & 2) great at coaching. Flying has been a passion for me and there were definitely years where it was a tight balance to pull it off, it I did at all. Thanks

@@bluemaxsix “lucky in business” is exactly the kind of thing I’m talking about…more resources than most. No hate from me I’m just curious about the path for people who didn’t get “lucky in business” or have more resources regardless of the reason. This seems like an area of aviation that most aren’t going to reach if they’re starting from the bottom and as goes with a lot of similar careers I wish people would be more forthcoming about where the start point is and acknowledge that it’s just going to be out of reach for most. That doesn’t make the story less inspiring or interesting but it saves someone like me from thinking that it could be me lol. I can fly, but there will be limits…

Hah. Yup. Thanks for your patience. Pedaling as fast as I can.

Thanks. The Citadel was an unforgettable challenge. I'm grateful for the experience...but to be honest, I struggled academically while doing very well on the military side. I just think I lacked maturity at that point.

@@bluemaxsix Wow, that's very inspiring, I bet you're an early riser too, get the most out of every day. I also changed "Citadel" to "The Citadel" my apologies. That's like people calling Indiana University, the "University of Indiana"

@@dabneyoffermein595 It's all good! Yep, I was just telling my daughters that I WISH I could sleep past 0400.

Thanks for asking. I've been in tech since leaving the military. For the last 5-6 years, it's been mostly data and analytics. Lots of side-hustles - consulting, private equity, KZfaq, etc.

I would guess salary is pretty low, ownership distributions from the business more like $500k+/year. Though I would guess the plane is owned and operated through a business so its deducted and not affected by any salary. Entirely speculation.

That's a great plane for sure - I looked at it closely.

Why?