Originally Posted by
blastoff
So if you took a bunch of guys whose only training is at ERAU, UND, Purdue, ATP, Gulftream, DCA and throw them into F-16's...you think they would be able to perform remotely better?
Would there be more or less bombs accidentally dropped?
Would there never be any airshow accidents?
Nobody would land with the Gear Up?
In general, for Military pilots to be considered better trained, we would have to have a PERFECT safety record?
I think that same question could hold true for civilian pilots as well. Like I said earlier, lets take the lastest major airline crashes in the last 10 years and lets see who was PIC on those flights. I've already listed three AMR Crashes that were listed as pilot error. We at SWA have had three and they all were pilot error, flown by former military pilots. So for you or anyone else on this forum to say that military pilots are better pilots than civilian pilots is a crock!