Originally Posted by
highhorse
What does ‘former military aviator’ have to do with anything? Nothing.
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You obviously do not get reality. In military aviation we had to do dangerous things, nature of the job, we had to get them done with the highest degree of safety. We had a VERY high degree of safety training and understanding., You have obviously no knowledge or understanding of that.
I learned the real meaning of flight safety at an early stage in my carer. In 1963 my instructor and I ejected from a jet at 14,700 feet. When my chute opened at 10,000 feet it was damaged, I fell 10,000 feet in a damaged chute, expecting it to candle at any moment. Not a fun time.
Although we ejected in a remote area, the jet eventually crashed in an isolated farmyard, spraying a ton of jet fuel where kids had been playing a few minutes before. Mercifully, there was no fire and no one on the ground was hurt.
In my 12 years in the RAF I lost 9 colleagues, 4 one morning, including my navigator, killed flying with another pilot in a Canberra whilst I was on leave. Please dont tell me military flying experience has no relevance in flight safety, some of which, particularly a safety culture, can be transferred across to the operation of high performance model jets.