On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:09:32 GMT Bob Noel wrote:

In article yyRDb.23619$pY.15803@fed1read04, "R. Hubbell"
wrote:

How many hours did he log as PIC? Most pilots brag about that, in
fact
most
consider that to be the defining metric.

what military pilots do you hang around with? I've never
met a military pilot that brags about hours.

Brag is probably the wrong word but number of hours is a metric that gets
tossed around a bit. But never heard any mention of Dubya's hours as
PIC.

Well, in my limited experience (I'm not former military, and
I only worked with USAF folks, including numerous current and former
USAF pilots), I've never ever heard one discuss their hours.
I've heard about guys talk about birdstrikes, missions (peacetime
and war), aircraft characteristics, but not the number of hours.

Come to think of it, the only pilots I know of that talk about
hours like they mean anything are student pilots and recently
minted private pilots. Of course, everyone talks about the
crusty old 20,000+ pilots.


So how many hours does Dubya have as PIC?
That's what we're talking about.

R. Hubbell


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Bob Noel