Ok folks. There are green flight suits and there are several different
shades of blue flight suits. If you met the national grooming standards
(which aren't all the difficult except you can't have a beard which I do)
you wear the green one. Otherwise you wear the blue ones. No big deal.

Like any organization you have people with egos and people without. Egos
aren't limited just to the military. I don't know about the military
rejects and wannabees. In the 2 1/2 years I've been in CAP I've worked with
all sorts of people. A regular cross section of all the pilots I've know.

The single thread that ties all the volunteers together is volunteering time
(and money) to what they consider a good cause. It's hooky but that's the
way it is.

I'm not going to kid anyone. There is a lot of paperwork and regulations.
There are checkrides and practice missions. There are calls in the middle
of the night to find an ELT satelite hit. There is working your way up
through the specialities to become a mission pilot. (That in itself takes
several years.) That's just the way it is.

Now where do the stories come from? Someone joins a local CAP squadron and
it doesn't work out. Personalities, egoes, time, expectations, whatever. It
doesn't have to be bad, it just didn't work. They leave and spread the
word on how crappy CAP is.

I've said enough. I've got flying to do.

Chuck Gerlach



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:O3Qhc.1996$w96.428947@attbi_s54...
People I talk to tell me CAP is loaded with military rejects and
wannabes
and
former military with large egos. While the flying part would be fun if
you
actually got to do it, the environment doesn't sound too appealling.
Having
played that game once in the early 70s, I wouldn't want to go there
again.

I've heard these same stories. Nonetheless, my son is planning to join
CAP
this summer.

I'll report back here from time to time on the environment they provide.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"