Originally Posted by
212man
Indeed. I’m reminded of the oft seen statement “John was going to be a fighter pilot, but his eyesight wasn’t good enough”
I had that ambition, but short-sighted! And then ended up failing Flying Grading with the FAA as a putative Helo pilot despite my PPL In retrospect, especially reading this Forum and others, there was no way I was going to cut it in any pilot role. At least I was a competent ATCO and senior officer (IMHO!).