You know what, if she can fly ANVIS 6's, if she can kick in some pedal and do an RTT, if she can maintain an OGE hover when her available power is nil, lay down suppressive fire, hit something with her rockets instead of skipping them through the target area, cover my six, kill as many bad guys as her .50 cal will allow and stand last in line for chow then she gets my vote. If she balls it up and she is the only one able to pull my burning body from the wreckage then she better be ready to haul what the weight and balance on file says is the weight of the average crewman. We use to figure ours at 280 (gear included, extraction gear, body armor, flight vest and supplies in the back). Does she look like she could haul 280 lbs away from a burning airplane?
LOL wow what a gal! :-)
"If she balls it up and she is the only one able to pull my burning body from the wreckage then she better be ready to haul what the weight and balance on file says is the weight of the average crewman. We use to figure ours at 280 (gear included, extraction gear, body armor, flight vest and supplies in the back). Does she look like she could haul 280 lbs away from a burning airplane?"
Hmm fair point here, not being in military service myself i could not comment, but it seems like a logical requirement. I am all for women entering service where there is a a possibility they can perform a given role, if they cannot physically meet requirements for that role, then so be it.....
No.