Ground pounding
"I was thinking at the time, what kind of a fighter pilot gets hit by an IED?"
- Capt Benoit Bouchard, a CF-18 pilot who was actually hit by an IED
posted by Babbling Brooks at 3:55 p.m.
Monday, May 04, 2009
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1 Comments:
This, from the Whig Standard story, is rather sad:
"...
It might seem strange that RMC is having difficulty attracting fighter pilots as the trade is long seen as the most desirable one in the air force. Bouchard sports the iconic fighter pilot patch on his sleeve with the silhouette of a CF-18 and the motto 'Is it cool in here or is it just me?' -- but he says the long training period and limited number of spots tends to steer eager cadets into other air trades.
"When I went through RMC, 23 of the 24 people on my course wanted to be fighter pilots, and now that number might be four," he said, noting that pilot candidates are opting for helicopters or other fixed-wing aircraft to get into the air more quickly..."
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