Originally Posted by
F16Driver
Your post is an irrelevant response to my original one.
FACT: Pilots who washout of a fighter track (T-38, IFF, FTU) are normally sent to a heavy aircraft barring any serious issues. It doesn’t work the other way around.
So again, the MAJORITY of pilots who aren’t good enough to fly fighter aircraft are sent to crew aircraft.
For identifying pilots who are good at yanking and banking and going Mach 2 with their hair on fire, this is probably true in military flight training.
But in general, many of these ace fighter jocks SUCK in a business jet cockpit which IS what we're talking about. Most of them are arrogant, selfish pricks who climb and descend and turn as if they're engaging a Mig and they land the jet like a third wire trap on a heaving carrier deck and can't get along with anybody.
One notable exception in my experience is a Marine Harrier pilot who is funny enough and crazy enough to wash the fighter pilot stink off himself.
The other exception is a good friend who is a ring knocker and was a career FB-111 driver. The ironic thing about that is, the arrogant pricks in the F-16 community didn't consider the 111 a fighter...
I have flown with a LOT of C17 and C130 drivers and I would rather have them or a civilian trained pilot sitting next to me for a week, hands down.