Originally Posted by
Bob Viking
FWIW I couldn’t care less what badge the RPAS pilots wear. If it has been deemed appropriate for them to wear the RAF flying badge then so be it. As a current RAF pilot it doesn’t offend me in the slightest.
Times have changed. I mean no offense to BEagle and Timelord but I don’t think it matters what long-since retired pilots think. Reaper is a vital part of our current frontline inventory. The people who fly them are pilots.
Has anyone ever become annoyed that WW2 Spitfire Pilots got awarded the RAF flying badge after such a short training regime?
BV
Mr Viking,
I think the point about Spitfire pilots, or any world war 2 aircrew, isn't the length of time they spent learning to achieve perfection. They earned their wings even if the first day they flew into the wild blue yonder, they never returned.
FB