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Old 02-21-2009 | 07:23 AM
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I'm not making this a mil vs. civ argument. My point is, how can you ever say something like that without any hard evidence?

It's been my experience (and my log book shows) that when I fly at my civilian job, I *rarely* ever fly IMC (unless on takeoff or approach) because it usually creates too many bumps for the passengers and we spend a lot of time trying to find clean smooth air for passenger comfort. In the mil, we could care less about the clouds and bumps unless they became a hazard to the mission. In some cases, flying in the weather is good because it provides protection from the bad guys on the ground that are just itching to randomly shoot at something. Of course, this is airframe dependent as I would not expect a fighter pilot to have a lot of instrument time since they seem to like VFR conditions for their operations (just one less thing to worry about when you're single seat flying 400 knots). Additionally, I have flown an overwhelmingly percentage of my mil flights at night, much more so than my civilian job (because I'm not an overnight cargo operator).
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