xjhawk
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I read an article about a blackwater charter plane which services the Military in Afganistan. The plane crashed due to pilot error and a lack of safety procedures. I would propose that they use military personal to fly those planes. They could use non-military pilots to take the deployment strain off the airforce. My idea is that they take servicemen and women who are already in the military who are already airline pilots. It would take a short course to train these highly qualified airline pilots (a couple months for a type rating and some operating experience) before their deployment. They could have airforce type deployments (rotating schedules to keep these pilots away from long high stress deployments) and rotate a number of pilots for a mission. Trading missions every couple years with another group.
I am a pilot at mesaba and know of a few other captains who are not in military aviation who would rather deploy as a pilot than say some other job. I am in the Infantry and like that field, but have always been too old for army or airforce flying, and would like to serve as a pilot in some way. Those of you who might be able to propose this, might think on its merits. Thats if it has any. I just know that some good service members died because of Blackwater aviation getting a contract to fly when it could have been accomplished by service members.
I am a pilot at mesaba and know of a few other captains who are not in military aviation who would rather deploy as a pilot than say some other job. I am in the Infantry and like that field, but have always been too old for army or airforce flying, and would like to serve as a pilot in some way. Those of you who might be able to propose this, might think on its merits. Thats if it has any. I just know that some good service members died because of Blackwater aviation getting a contract to fly when it could have been accomplished by service members.