I know Chris Carder and he is a bl00dy nice bloke..... But maybe he still has some Red Arrows left in him. It will wear off after a while and he'll get back to normal..
But in my experience, I think most Military trained pilots look down their noses at civvie pilots. Until they want an airline job of course......
But saying that, certain elements of the PPL & microlight world don't do themselves any favours (TRA & CAS busts, silly accidents etc etc) Granted, a miltary trained pilot must be very good to get there in the first place, but they don't know everything and in a professional capacity, I've seen some shocking examples of arrogance and poor airmanship from the boys in blue, both light & dark....
There was a recent post on the miltary aircrew forum where some well meaning guy attempted to chastise military pilots for CAS busts up north somewhere. Bad move putting it on the miltary thread
Still, there's good and bad in both camps, but I hear what you're saying SuperSport
