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Old October 29th 06, 12:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default You're Not Going To Believe This: Another Cirrus Is Down (Statesville, NC)

Jose writes:

True enough, but misses the point. I was being more metaphorical than
anything, but the truth is that it is harder (requires more training,
more alertness, more attention) to fly a fighter mission in hostile
terretory in an F-111 than it does to fly in nice weather from somewhere
to somewhere near in a 172.


Generally true, but flying in intensely congested, heterogenous
civilian traffic while following a thick book full of rules and
regulations and peering at charts and screens isn't necessarily any
easier. I've heard of many former military pilots who were great at
handling their fighter aircraft but had difficulting transitioning to
the civilian world of aviation where there are many procedures and
rules to be followed and many different types of other aircraft and
pilots sharing the skies (with equal rights).

A fatal accident can still kill you in either case.


A fatal accident is guaranteed to kill you.

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