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Old 31st Aug 2010, 21:49
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Definitely agree that military-trained pilots are over-rated.

A civvy trained CPL comes out with a piston rating (usually R22), low flying rating, and that's it.

A military-trained pilot comes out with turbine rating, low flying rating, night rating, instrument rating, formation rating, sling rating, hoist rating, sometimes NVG rating.

So, comparing the military pilot with 8 ratings against the civvy's 2, the mil pilot is over-rated.

But a better way is to call the civvy pilot "under-rated".
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