Originally Posted by shackone

HD...good post.

One comment...having finished careers in both fighters and a legacy airline, I don't think there is any way to compare fighter hours to airline hours. Apples and oranges, and I won't begin to say that one is 'better' than the other. I really enjoyed the DC-9 and deliberately bid to stay on it. It was one sweet airplane...honest as the day is long and every bit a thoroughbred. The fact of the matter was that the 9 made us pay attention. A poorly flown jet was only the fault of the pilot...no blaming it on the (non-existent) FMS or anything else.

And that was also true of the fighters I flew...so in the end, it all boiled down to the puke pulling on the pole. In either world, some did it with style and others didn't.