Originally Posted by
DaveO'Leary
Do NASA (correct me if i'm wrong) train all shuttle pilots on sims? These guys/gals seem to do it right.
DO'l
OMG !! Did you really say that?
I am not an airline pilot, only a lowly PPL who tries to maintain a "Professional" standard of flying. But even I know that in order to get into the position of being trained as a NASA Shuttle pilot on one of their simulators, that turning up to NASA's door with zero hours (or even a PPL, gasp!!, horror!!) is not going to qualify me to fly a Space Shuttle RHS, regardless my ethnic background....
...One believes they probably have just a tad more flight experience
