LJDRVR
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Traumahawk,
Lighten up Francis. You're comparing apples to oranges. Bob Hoover is a great aerobatic pilot, but what he does is very far removed from the day to day airline operations. Apollo astronauts? Are you talking about the same guys that would fly a T-38 nonstop from Los Angeles to Houston? The same guys that would shut an engine down during descent because it saved 30-40 pounds of fuel? The same folks that would do a straight-in approach at Ellington (With the back seater gripping the ejection handles) in lieu of an overhead because they didn't have enough gas? The same aviators who once flamed an engine out during rollout, who's jet took more fuel than the book said the T-38 holds?
Don't get me wrong, these guys are tremendous aviators, far more accomplished that I'll ever be, but having a set of good hands, being a part of history and surviving a multitude of crashes are not the only to attributes of a great aviator. If my peers at Comair want to put that sign up, then BRAVO, more power to them, and shame on you for being so petty and self-loathing that you think that's actually worthy of derision.
Lighten up Francis. You're comparing apples to oranges. Bob Hoover is a great aerobatic pilot, but what he does is very far removed from the day to day airline operations. Apollo astronauts? Are you talking about the same guys that would fly a T-38 nonstop from Los Angeles to Houston? The same guys that would shut an engine down during descent because it saved 30-40 pounds of fuel? The same folks that would do a straight-in approach at Ellington (With the back seater gripping the ejection handles) in lieu of an overhead because they didn't have enough gas? The same aviators who once flamed an engine out during rollout, who's jet took more fuel than the book said the T-38 holds?
Don't get me wrong, these guys are tremendous aviators, far more accomplished that I'll ever be, but having a set of good hands, being a part of history and surviving a multitude of crashes are not the only to attributes of a great aviator. If my peers at Comair want to put that sign up, then BRAVO, more power to them, and shame on you for being so petty and self-loathing that you think that's actually worthy of derision.
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