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Old September 14th 03, 07:34 AM
Chad Irby
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In article ,
(phil hunt) wrote:

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:22:07 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:
In article ,
(phil hunt) wrote:

Presumably, if Egypt and Saudi Arabia were prepared to pay large
amounts of money for Typhoons, they would also be prepared to pay
for pilot training.


Not from past history. The Saudis are notoriously bad at enforcing
training their pilots.


Any reason why? I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me.


Look, for example, at every other Arab military unit in the Middle East.

What makes you think the Saudi Air Force will suddenly be any different?

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