Originally Posted by
JC Dude
I don't think being part of a "four ship" constitues "flying with" somebody, does it?
What you don't seem to understand is when you "fly with" somebody in a "four ship" you don't do it just once. You do it countless times. You live with the person in the squadron. You get to see his/her character, how they lead and how they follow. If you haven't done it you can't understand.
I absolutely respect and admire what you are saying. Truly, I am not diminishing what you have done in the military. You in turn should recognize that when you spend year after year with fellow crewmembers at a regional airline, flying 7 legs a day in ALL kinds of weather, hand flown approaches to 200 and a half, 100 hrs a month, 1000 a year, FMS's, crappy airports with short runways and closed towers, drinking beer, hanging out......it deserves to be recognized one in the same as far as "EXPERIENCE" goes.