Originally Posted by Runaway Gun
Before anyone else cries about the pay in GA etc, please remember that the boys and girls in the military (not just the aviators either) have to do alot of other dangerous and boring tasks. Some of them get shot at too, whilst defending Australia, and some of them die in accidents whilst in uniform.
No shortage of funerals in the GA scene, either. A few blokes I used to know weren't shot at but are now just as dead.
"Boring"? Ever spent a couple of days sitting around a c*** camp in the middle of summer?