Originally Posted by
rickair7777
His older relatives actually flew operationally in the UK military, as opposed to "for fun". I'm not a Brit, so it's really none of my business, but it would look better if they:
1) Made him do the FULL training program
2) Made him serve the same operational committment as any other pilot.
But all things considered, he seems like a pretty good kid.
True, they did, but they were never the ones in direct line to the throne. He is. For that reason, he will never do anything close to actual operational service. As far as the full training program - the waste of resources would be teaching the more advanced military applications, etc, versus giving him what is likely to be the UK equivalant of a PPL.
Just my two cents - living in Europe, if I want an English language newspaper besides the Stars and Stripes, it is generally a British publication, so I see a lot of news on the Royals I never really wanted.....