If you can’t put the plane on the carrier deck then you can’t be a Navy pilot. That’s the real world.
He'd internalized the message he'd received from other African-Americans when he entered training: You have to be twice as good to be average.
He wasn't even doing that!!
That Savage bell curve strikes again.
99.999% of us have never even ridden in an F-18, let alone had the opportunity to fly one.
And flying is not the same as combat operations.
I’m sure I could have flown one, for the sake of flying it. The question of whether I had the skills necessary to operate it properly and not get killed in a combat setting is a different story entirely.
Six months out of college, I was at Fort Benning for Airborne School. A few of my friends were at Benning at the time, and they exhorted me to go to Ranger School immediately after Jump School. Try as they might, I knew my limitations, despite being in the best shape of my life.
I was not a runner, though I could handle long range patrols with relative ease. I didn't have that burning desire you need to make it through Ranger School, either.
Auburn High School Proudly Adopts ‘Africentric Math’ To Draw Black Students Into STEM Fields
The Navy training was designed for Blacks to fail by not using "Africentric Math." For that matter even the aircraft used was engineered without "Africentric Math" so that Blacks could not fly them.
Sounds no less logical than 'men marrying men' sounded to everyone 30 years ago! The lunatic-left agenda being implemented by the elites of the West is not restrained by logic or reality.
Accepted into the program even though his score was marginal, only to wash out later.
This could be another case of a minority who would have done very well in many very challenging occupations being forced by affirmative action into an occupation in which he was marginal. Sort of like making a white guy shift from strong safety to cornerback because that position lacks diversity.
When you get to the best of the best of the best, if one race or sex has the advantage, here’s what you should say, We’re America. We’ve got those people.
The 1980s FFS.
Intelligence is needed in those positions. It is also highly correlated with the speed of reaction that is needed.
The more who get accepted into training without the requisite demonstrated ability, the more are likely to wash out of the training.
He has to be smart to get that far but it sounds like he carried a chip on his shoulder but from the article he could be right about the instructors or the instructors are being tough.
Forgetting to rearm before takeoff is NOT a “minor mistake”. This comment tells me he did not understand the importance of critical procedures, a major flaw, and an attitude problem.
In the Coast Guard Reserve, there were always slots reserved for W.O. and OCS for women and minorities. This was in the 80s and 90s. Doubt it has changed.
He failed flights for what he says were viewed in the squadron as relatively minor mistakes, such as "safing" an ejection seat and forgetting to re-arm for takeoff.
This is NOT a minor mistake in any phase of training.
shoulda stayed in the Air ForceThe Biden Regime is now holding military aviators beyond their contracted terms "because I said so".
Deep State has rediscovered indentured servitude.