Originally Posted by
Clare Prop
What you are training an Air Force pilot to do, eg go to war and kill the enemy if required, and what you are training a civilian pilot to do, eg transport people and things from place to place without killing anyone, are two different skill sets. Just as I wouldn't presume to be able to train someone to control a very fast killing machine, so I wouldn't presume a trained fighter pilot to be able to assess the progress of a civilian student who is doing it for all sorts of reasons other than to defend the country. Switching both ways would require some conversion training and hands-on experience, particularly before going into a supervisory role. What is so outrageous about that?
If this one individual was given the exemptions they sought, there would still be the obstacle of finding an employer and team who were OK with that.
LB isn't it ironic when people talk about prejudice and then make those sorts of assumptions!
Captain Sully was an ex-Air Force pilot