Couldn't he still have been a Naval Flight Officer or RIO like Goose in Top Gun? He wouldn't have to fly the plane then and didn't have to kill himself for bilging out, as his Dad put it.
shareOxygen deprivation tolerance would be the same. That would inhibit his ability to make tactical decisions. Depending on the aircraft, that's actually worse than the pilot exhibiting hypoxia symptoms.
sharePlus, he finally realized he was in it for all the wrong reasons. He realized he was living other people's dreams FOR him, vs following his own path.
shareZack was right; Sid's freak out in the deprivation chamber was as much or more a matter of his personal life in shambles as the test itself. On any other day, Sid probably would have passed the test.
Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum. Is very bad.share
When you're out of the program, you're out of the Navy, hana.
Sid father explains in an earlier scene, that in his day, you couldn't just 'bilge out' of OCS... which I'm guessing means Sid would have become a deck hand.
But that was in his Dad's day...not present day or 1981 in this case. Looking up the program, it says candidates can be held back if they fail a certain portion until they prove compliance. So Sid could've stayed in. Remember, he DOR'd, Foley didn't DOR him. In any case it would be more likely Zack would've been DOR'd for honors code violation than Sid would.
shareGoing back to the OP: Sid still could have had a naval career, maybe even made Chief hana.
But he would never get a commission - or 'get jets', and unlikely he would ever make a SEAL.