The first flight into Mogadishu for C-5 was flown by a 1500 hour Captain doing 17.8 hours, non-stop with 4 air refuelings and a combat off-load at a hot airstrip. Do you think the average 1500 commuter pilot could do it.
A dangerous game GF. A high time (note, I didn't say experienced) crew put a C-5 in the dirt in Dover not long ago during what should have been a well practiced 3 engine arrival. The only reason they didn't was the crew gooned it up. Culpability with all crew members, pilots and FE's, enlisted and officer, low and high ranking. Across the board.
I'm prior mil and not afraid to admit some of the best pilots/mentors I've flown with have come from civilian backgrounds.
BTW, I was in Mog, calling it a hot strip stretches the truth a bit.