Originally Posted by
satpak77
a guy who went thru Pensacola and is an IP is not the same as a guy who went thru Acme Aeronautics and got his CFI. I think most of us recognize that.
signed - a civilian guy
Yeah, you're right, the Civilian IP has probably has flown in a snow storm or two, and landed on icy and snow covered runways, and had to figure out what he was doing, with no adult supervision, whereas the guy with 200 hours in PNS...not so much.
I remember reading this in my Air Force Instrument handbook:
"There is no peace time mission which requires flight through adverse weather conditions"
I used to tell them, "Geeze, I hope when the next war breaks out the weather is really good, because most of you guys have never seen a snowflake!"
Signed, a Civilian guy who then went through Air Force UPT in Del Rio. We saw a foggy day, once, but nobody could fly in it!