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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:04:07 -0500, "George Z. Bush"
wrote: "Ed Rasimus" wrote in message .. . Without nit picking too much, why don't we use the past tense in talking about the ratings held by the Bush family. Daddy's expired when he was demobilized at the end of WWII, and Junior's expired when he deliberately failed to update his flight physical. Just one small difference. Don't know about yours, but my wings don't expire, whether I get a physical or not. Neither does my similar, but not as highly valued FAA license. They are lifetime awards. The currency of a flight physical merely enables me to exercise the privileges. No expirations. Gee, as if I didn't know that. I didn't say that anybody's wings expired.....I was talking about the recipient's entitlement to pilot military aircraft. Your privileges expire when your physical expires.....but you already knew that, and I'm surprised that you felt so insecure as to feel obliged to parse my meaning when at least 99 of every 100 former military pilots could figure out exactly what I was talking about from the words I used. I think your statement was "'past tense when talking about the ratings held". My rating as a pilot hasn't expired, nor my FAA license. Your statement was quite clear. When you leave active duty, whether your physical is current or not, you lose the "entitlement to pilot military aircraft". I can't walk out to the flight line at Buckley, even with a current physical and strap on an F-16. I think the parsing is coming from your side. And, piloting military aircraft isn't an "entitlement." It's an earned privilege. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 |
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