SAAF training is the be all and end all of aviation. Get over yourselves. Most nowadays do it the hard way and pay for it
Here, here, well said.
Don't get me wrong, I am sure it was no picnic flying for 'die NP en NG'. But I am not sure because u flew 'impalas in the battle of britain' made you a suitable candidate for a career in a airline.
If its your dream to be trained to shoot the S
t out of somebody on the ground, and maybe wanna get the chance to try it for real, crack on.
Do i think there would be value in learning to fly in a Chippie and SF260, so u get to do tail dragger, aerobatics and formo flying? Darn right, I am still a huge believer is stick and rudder skills despite this new fangled nonsense about only 60 hrs towards a comm in the real aircraft.