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Originally Posted by Seahawk
The reason I hate to fly commercial is because of the pilots.
Not all the A Students are going to the airlines, folks.
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My buddy who was an American pilot flew for uncle back in the 70's. F-111. Truth, he wasn't an A student...graduated from a teacher's college where he was also ROTC. But then, since grade school..."I wanna be a jet pilot." Remember our road trips...supurb eyesight...he could read a freeway exit sign long before I could. About 5'8", an athletic body...swim team, track, ran the 100 yard dash in 10 flat..after football knee surgery 60's style. So yeah, kind of born to be a pilot...just what the Air Force liked physically and mentally.
He offered us a "comped" flight to visit he & his wife..I gave him my standard response...no desire to be cooped up in an aluminum tube for hours with hundreds of strangers. I have no fear of flying, have done it several times. But found the whole process to be a royal pain in the donkey...and that was before 9-11-01.