Well Wee W. Welshman you asked for an arrow!
I was a "Johnny Harrier" mate on field deployments and believe me, if you think that nights in field accommodation followed by 9 hours strapped to a bang seat on a 6 sortie, cockpit turn, high workload , single seat environment compares in any way to "12 hours" in the transport environment you are sadly mistaken. I know cos I now do that Ultra long haul thing for a living and believe me, its a piece of wee wee in comparison.
For all the rest of you who bleat about the terrible flight safety risks and waiting for a "captain with a backbone" to declare his crew unfit - for gods sake! I thought the Air force I served was a professional outfit. That means if you are not fit to fly, you stand there and declare it, you
do notlook for the nearest adult to hold your hand. Grow up and if you don't have the spine to take the pressure of saying to the nearest Grp Cpt why you are not flying then I think we can all see why you're in the transport world!
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[ 03 December 2001: Message edited by: Dissi Loo Shunned ]