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johnnysnow
Actually Bosnia 1999 after further research. That one I'll take on the chin.
I didn't know we had been "chased" in Bosnia (serious here - not trying to be funny) Can you provide the link?
Never said that, clearly made the point that there are good and bad pilots in both realms.
Absolutely agree.
I guess he learned nothing in 30 years of flying for US Airways, just collecting a paycheck.
I thought it was funny that the media made so much out of his prior military service. I had the same opinion as you considering his 30 years of airline flying. In my opinion - that was just the media looking for a sound bite.
The question then is why would I even point it out. Let me answer that by asking you a question. How often do you see on these forums a civilian pilot comparing his training to that of a military pilot? I would guess very seldom. All I'm saying is that training doesn't make the pilot, attitude and judgement does. All the training in the world won't save his/her life, or the people behind them, without attitude and judgement. The military does not have a monopoly on that.
I would agree with this also - and as I said - you don't see military pilots on here touting themselves as God's gift to aviation. You see them on here be justifyably proud of their accomplishments just as you see Part 135 pilots and Alaskan Bush pilots doing the same - as they should.
As for USMCFLYR, I don't have a chip on my shoulder and I'm not jealous. Initial post was somewhat knee jerk, said things kind of aggressively and probably could have articulated better. A lot of what you said I probably deserved, but I stand by my point of view.
Good - I'm glad you don't. Thanks for recognizing the knee jerk. We're all good and we'll both stand by our statements.
USMCFLYR