Originally Posted by
WB627
Perhaps I was just fortunate to mix with the best of the best of the best.
See recent article on the Red Arrows dismissals and resignations. They are thought of as "the best of the best".
It isn't true now, and it wasn't true then. People are people, as one introduction to a fascinating account of RN carrier aviation in WW2 said, "this isn't some white washed nicely cleansed account. The people involved were human, some lied, some cheated, some slept with others men's wives..."