Originally Posted by
rickshaw
Helo guys have such a varied background. id guess the lack of x-country in actual IFR in controlled airspace. No chip in the whole branch war thing but army/ANG seems to treat helo's like driving a garden tractor. This plane demands that you have a good grasp on aeronautics and SOP's.
Many of us (me included could for sure) could have more solid IFR skills, but I’d be hard pressed to be against us flying anything like a tractor or not having a grasp of SOPs/aeronautics. combine that with our training in CRM and emergency procedures and you begin to under stand why the we have branch mottos like “above the best”
I think as a whole military aviators have skill sets civilians do not and to a degree vise versa.