Originally Posted by
Zapata
That is incorrect. I never once implied a low opinion of military pilots. My post was in response to a post that claimed that military training is better in all cases. Me disagreeing does not, in the least, even suggest a low opinion of military pilots.
That said, I was a 135 check airman in a previous life and I have seen excellent military pilots as well as military pilots that should never operate a doorbell. This rings true with pilots from a civilian background.
Folks, many of you in this thread seem to think that any dissension from the idea that military pilots are generally superior airman than civilian pilots is anti-military. Nothing is further from the truth. The very first post implied some sort of default superiority with military aviation and many of us disagreed. Unless you military folks think you really are god's gift to aviation, what's the problem?
Then we seem to be saying the same things in a different way then. My response was originally to a post stating that Part 135 pilots have better "stick and rudder skills" I read it as much of an absolute statement as the one which opined that Uncle Sam had the best training overall.
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