Fighter Pilot Office
What kind of office do you work in? Is it one of those please-kill-me-now cubicles? Is it a no-kidding office but about the size of a broom closet with no window? Maybe you're some high muckety-muck business tycoon with a corner office that's got floor-to-ceiling windows on the two outside walls. I don't care what kind of office you've got, it's a piece of shit compared to a fighter pilot's office. I don't care if you're Donald Trump, with your goofy Trump hair, sitting at the top of Trump Tower, in the one and only Trump suite, which includes a private, gold gilded Trump dump throne. It doesn't even come close to a fighter pilot's office. A fighter pilot's office is a very private place. Usually he's there by himself. Once in a while he brings along some help to sit in the back. It can be cramped, hot, noisy and very, very busy but the view is totally kickass. The fighter pilot office most likely contains a throttle/s, some kind of stick, all sorts of switches and buttons, gages, MFDs, a trigger, a launch/release button, HUD/combining glass, various control craniums and lots of other kickass stuff. Yes, a fighter cockpit is like no other office on earth. It's one of the few offices in the world that is designed specifically to destroy things and, again, has that kickass panoramic vista.
OK, so what's the point? The video below is the point. It's got some up close and personal, in the cockpit footage. Good, fighter-pilot-at-work stuff and an incredible optical illusion; holding a Mirage jet between thumb and fore finger. Amazing. Now, the music kicksass but you're going to ask yourself why is there so much angst in this guys lyrics; Put me out of my f*cking misery and What the f*ck is wrong with me. The answer is quite simple. He's not a fighter pilot and knows he never will be. Wouldn't that piss you off?
Got this from Duck this morning. Very Funny brother!
"Here is they’re office of the future though Jolly.. Very Gucci….nicely environmentally controlled…..comfy seats…..’just like what you sit in on-the-line’."
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Comments:
Posted by
sandra
on
Jan 3rd, 2010
learn to fly, I cannot imagine why after seeing the awesome flying in this entry that everyone is not flocking to the recruiters saying my turn, my turn. I want to fly sign me up.
Posted by
Jolly
on
Jan 25th, 2012
From Joe:I always enjoy the e-mail commo from you guys and this latest one is no exception. However , this latest one mentioning high-muckety-muck business tycoons made me think of my uncle and dad when they took me out for beers when I was home on leave during the Vietnam war. My uncle and dad were in their mid to late forties at the time . My uncle was an Air Guard major then , but flew P 47’s and P 51’s in the ETO during WW II and had three confirmed kills. My old man was in the 3rd Infantry Division , and as a result , saw and knew far too much. These two guys really knew the score . I miss these plain-spoken heroes of mine alot .
Over the beers , my uncle , the fighter pilot, told me that if I ever wanted to be a real , genuine American patriot , or maybe even hero, that I should become a capitalist zillionaire. So that by paying my fair share of taxes on my zillions , I’d be doing more for my country than he did by shooting down FW 190’s or my dad did shooting Krauts with his M-1 or Thompson. My dad was in total agreement , and I clearly understood what they were getting at.
They obviously respected what they and others had done , and what I was doing--------and , of course , we all continued to have the greatest reverence for our fallen comrades each and every day of our lives -------yet their point about being a super patriot by being a super capitalist , who pays for more than his share of the tanks, jeeps , ships , and aircraft , had a huge, undeniable resonance of truth.
Without those tycoons or high muckety-muck capitalists , who are at the apex of our government’s system for which we fought and continue to fight tyrants , fascists , and communists -------we wouldn’t be able to pay for and to utilize the great aircraft and weapons that defend our magnificent nation. We don’t need to kiss their asses , but we shouldn’t dis them too much either. They are our “ Sine Quo Non “ . That is , without whom , we ain’t much.
Respectfully ,
Joe Martanovic
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