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Old 04-01-2006 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KRAZO
Do like George W Bush did. have a super rich, well connected daddy get you in. Once in, feel free to get coked up on a regular basis, when you get caught - become President. It worked for him, it can work for you!
About what I would expect from some one who has in their profile "NOT a Military-Welfare to Work Pilot." Don't think it helped the guy very much with his question.
By the way, I hardly consider wearing chicken plate, flight vest, and flying in an un-airconditioned cockpit when it's 130 degrees out while getting shot at "welfare". Or flying a jet to a pitching deck on a stormy night "welfare". Or any of the other military flying jobs. I have never given some one who came through the civilian track grief. I've been there as well (flight instructing, 135, 121), and both routes earn their way. But I take exception to the 15% of my flight class who augered in or bought it in combat being called "welfare"; or the unit from 3rd ID that lost 25% of their crews in combat being called a bunch of welfare cases. Or the captain I know who had her legs blown off by an RPG that hit her UH60 being called a "welfare case". Grow up.
Oh, to anwer the question, you may have a shot with the Army, either active duty or Guard/Reserve. Put a positive spin on what you have learned from your past, and show with your civilian flying what you can accomplish.
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