On 3/13/04 8:30 AM, in article ,
"Pechs1" wrote:

Finally when I was in VAQ-35 we had a Femail NF0 in ECMO 3 seat with a guy
who
loathed women in the military and in particular this one who witnesed her
strip
down sufficently for her to take a leak in a relief tube. BRBR

ahhh, chicks in USN aircraft, what a great idea....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

This eventuality was covered about 6-7 years ago when a "universal relief
system" was developed--saw it in the Navy message traffic when the CO of
TOPGUN was showing it around at NSAWC and getting some pretty emotional
reaction to it.

The idea was to give a set of "Depends" to both male and female
aviators/NFO's so that the females could relieve themselves without having
to strip down and the males could do the same without
embarrassing/arousing/offending the females--especially in side-by-side
aircraft.

Males totally rejected the idea, and last I heard, female Hornet pilots were
somehow using piddle packs... although, I've never figured out the
hydromechanics of that evolution.

Some things, I'm happy just not knowing.

--Woody