Originally Posted by
menekse
Pushing the limits can result an accident.
Accident rates are higher in the military, not because of pilots skills but cause of nature of operations
If some how civilian pilots were flying in these type of ops, fatalities rate would be at least 50%
Exact the opposite if military pilots fly in civilian ops
After instructing I did ag flying for 10 years. Retired at 31. About as demanding it can get. More than one fatality at outfits I worked in 6 different countries, were exmilitary.
The fire bomber that crashed in Greece recently was crewed by military pilots. Not to point the finger, as noneone is amune. I was lucky. As better pilots than I were killed at it.
What about the perfectly serviceable RAAF B707 that was destroyed. Possibly that sought of thing should be done in the simulator?