You pose a very important situatio. But it is one that can be addressed only
by
tho e who have flown missions or at least have done some military flying. I
was always surprised by how well we were trainrd before we even flew a
mission
When first flying over Germany we never ran into a situation for which we
were
not trained or not prepared.. At first we were placed in the tail- end-
Charlie
slot but as we gained experience we moved forward in the formation and
finally
before the war ended we were connsytantly flying deputy lead. The experience
enhanced what the training had begun, But without the good background in
training we would not have been able to make the best of the experience. But
the idea that we can go into combat untrained and learn on the job is
lidicrious And if you expect civility on this NG, that is equally ludicrious.
Good luck.grin)

Art,

You've confused me. I can't find any relevance in your post to the discussion
at hand. Could you point me to it?

You say that the "important situation" that I pose

"can be addressed only by tho e who have flown missions or at least have done
some military flying".

Isn't this clear from my second post? When you refer to military flying, do
you mean pilots, or do you also include other aircrew members as qualified to
comment?



Kurt Todoroff


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