On 03 Feb 2004 15:19:24 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Ed Rasimus wrote:

I think the parsing is coming from your side. And, piloting military
aircraft isn't an "entitlement." It's an earned privilege.


Yeah but once you earn that privilege you are damn well going to fly whether
you like it or not. (grin)

Arthur Kramer

Well, I earned the privilege, but haven't flown as pilot in command in
many years. I never had the urge to go to work for the airlines and
there's nothing (short of maybe "warbird" ops) that would equate with
flying tactical jets.

People often ask, why I didn't go with the airlines and my answer is
always the same, "would you ask Mario Andretti why he didn't start
driving for Greyhound when he retired from racing?"



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8