Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
If you want to get into the fight - visit your local recruiting office; but you might have to leave the *cowboy* mentality behind. People lives might be at stake.
USMCFLYR
When I believe there is a fight to be won, I will gladly sign up. Until then, the price needs to be right for me to fly in a fight that will have no end. As for the *cowboy* mentality, let me explain my logic behind the "fly or die" statement:
Originally Posted by
3wire
I am wondering if you have ever flown into a high threat environment? Have you ever expended chaff or flare because your RWR has lit up? These jobs pay big bucks because it is inherently dangerous and takes skill and poise under the most demanding circumstances.
I was merely making an observation about 3wire's statement of "...it is inherently dangerous and takes skill and poise under the most demanding circumstances." If I were a pilot in that position, my choices are simple: Fly or die. If you lose your composure and start making irrational decisions, you might end up dead, along with the men you are transporting. So, my comment "fly or die" was not so cavalier as it seems, just an observation on the choices given to any pilot in a high-risk environment.
There is a method to my madness. Usually...
