70 s and 80s eh? Bootneck you do know it is 2008 don't you?
I think I heard the sound of a (boot)neck being wound back in
I do sometimes get the impression that, far from the utopian dream they imagined, many ex-military pilots find life in the 'real world' far less appealing than it seemed from the other side of the fence. Perhaps it is the loss of status and authority, maybe it is that you can no longer do the 'right thing', you can only do what is right for the balance sheet. Maybe it is because so much of commercial flying is glorified bus driving (I don't mean that the pilots are less capable, only that they don't get the challenges to exercise their expertise as often). Whilst the removal of the F**k-factor maybe the most significant difference between military and civilian life, do the other benefits outweigh the loss of the camaraderie and the Fun-factor that still (just about) exists in the military?
I am sure I will get flamed for this one but I am just making an observation on how some PPruners come across on various threads.