Originally Posted by Flyinhigh

You are right. For the commander of a heavy unit to only have 2100 hours in 25 years is pretty sad. But, I guess the only way to get that command position is to get out of the cockpit and do the staff/headquarters thing. I had a few commanders that had very little flying time; I never really respected them or trusted them when it came to operational things. If you haven't "been there done that" how can you expect to lead the troops and have them follow you?