Wrong Boxboy, military training is just another government designed program meant to provide the least common denominator. The military trained pilot can shoot most approaches but the guy who's been doing this for umpteen legs a day in areas of "Boxed Weather" WILL be better at it. That pilot will have shot more approaches, flown far more inclement weather and probably dealt with many more problems than little Herky fresh from flying his single engine scooter for "Sweet Uncle" .
This post alone is so full of stupidity, that it's hard to know where to start.
To YOU, Maru, military training may have been "just another government designed program meant to provide the least common denominator." That's because, as you admit, you were a Vietnam-era draftee. As was shown in your case, it doesn't take much to draft a ground-pounding grunt. Like you said, the least common denominator. They can pretty much start with anyone with four limbs, in decent physical shape, and who fogs a mirror. I guess even you qualified for that. Military flight training, on the other hand, which you continually demonstrate that you know jack squat about, is nothing like that. Yet in your senility, you keep mistaking the two.
And you also pointed out that, "your GI Bill was taken away from you." Bitter and resentful much? I guess that explains your hatred for military pilots, and your continued need to denigrate them. Troops gotta bitch about the Os, whenever they get the chance, right? Your bias is pretty obvious, really.
Shall I point out the stupidity of your "shooting approaches" and "inclement weather" arguments while I'm at it? You know, since 80-90% of what we do now as civilian pilots, boils down to flights in VMC to a single straight-in visual approach. And when the ceiling is low, it's vectors onto the ILS final. Yeah, that's tough flying, all right.
Hey, you just let me know next time you need some more schooling, okay?
Bubba