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Old 10-20-2008 | 07:05 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
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Originally Posted by TonyMontana
Correct me if i'm wrong here, but I think that the military pays for flight training and pays its pilots while they train-is that not correct.
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No that is not correct. You are assuming that we are professional pilots. I am an officer in the United States Marine Corps. That is what I get paid for. My aircraft is a weapons system. A favorite saying is that we are rifleman temporarily assigned to flight duty.

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