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Old 12-17-2015 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Twisted mind
Most former military make poor FO's for the first year or two. It is a steep learning curve.
A year or two to figure out this gig? You must have been dealing with some of the 10% idiots in every facet of society.

Originally Posted by prior121
This ^^

Reminds me of the mil bug eyed newhire UAL jumpseater I had a few weeks ago....

Such questions as "What is ramp control?"
"I don't understand how you fly this (RNAV) arrival."

A new hire on the jumpseat asking questions. Isn’t that usually a good way to get information? Since they don’t do either ramp control or RNAV arrivals in many of the aircraft operated by the military, did you really expect a new hire out of the military to know about such things?

Originally Posted by CBreezy
Most military pilots are consummate professionals, quick learners, and skilled aviators. Unfortunately, it's the ones who can't seem to check their egos at the door that stand out the most and give all military pilots a bad name.

You make negative blanket statements about mil pilots using “most” and “many” and then you end up saying most are just fine. Which is it? If most prior mil pilots are “consummate professionals”, etc. then why would you let the few bad apples with ego issues sway your opinion to “give all military pilots a bad name”? If you’re able to recognize that most aren’t part of the problem, why do you feel it’s necessary to malign them all because of a few?
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