Woah, who's touchy now? Lighten up, Francis.
Now that you turned the sarcasm off, though, it's nice to see your true feelings about fighter guys come out. No, that's not my call sign and I don't use it at the airline. In fact, I don't bring up what I do outside the airline unless someone asks.
I agree about an all volunteer military. I've never asked for kudos from anyone, least of all a bitter airline guy who's dad flew fighters. Bombing neighborhoods? Nice...yet more evidence that you don't know what you're talking about and a slap in the face of every guy who's been asked to go hit targets under tough circumstances.
I don't think he was "stroking himself" on TV. The reporter was asking the questions, and out of a 20 min interview you probably only got to see 2 minutes of it. And you'd be surprised about what PR officers tell us to say sometimes. Of course, you don't know...you're just going off what you've heard.
Further, our tanker pilots do much more than just fly in circles. Ask the -135 guy who air refueled dudes at 5K (at night, on NVGs, in hostile territory) over Aghanistan in 01.
Look, bro, you don't know s*** about me or what I think. You were throwing all kinds of jokes out about the USAF flying club or whatever and maybe I was out of line with what I said. I had no hostile intent. Your post, however, was utter BS and full of bitterness. I had no idea not being a fighter pilot riled you up so much. Conversation's over.
Now that you turned the sarcasm off, though, it's nice to see your true feelings about fighter guys come out. No, that's not my call sign and I don't use it at the airline. In fact, I don't bring up what I do outside the airline unless someone asks.
I agree about an all volunteer military. I've never asked for kudos from anyone, least of all a bitter airline guy who's dad flew fighters. Bombing neighborhoods? Nice...yet more evidence that you don't know what you're talking about and a slap in the face of every guy who's been asked to go hit targets under tough circumstances.
I don't think he was "stroking himself" on TV. The reporter was asking the questions, and out of a 20 min interview you probably only got to see 2 minutes of it. And you'd be surprised about what PR officers tell us to say sometimes. Of course, you don't know...you're just going off what you've heard.
Further, our tanker pilots do much more than just fly in circles. Ask the -135 guy who air refueled dudes at 5K (at night, on NVGs, in hostile territory) over Aghanistan in 01.
Look, bro, you don't know s*** about me or what I think. You were throwing all kinds of jokes out about the USAF flying club or whatever and maybe I was out of line with what I said. I had no hostile intent. Your post, however, was utter BS and full of bitterness. I had no idea not being a fighter pilot riled you up so much. Conversation's over.
