Originally Posted by BEagle
WHAT?? What trainee on earth would ever say that they didn't want to fly the F-18, either classic or SuperBug? Weed them out and send them to learn knitting and flower arrangment - to which they would undoubtedly be far better suited.
I believe that 'wusses' is the correct term in the Antipodean vernacular?
Student pilots who desire helicopters or ME more than fighters is not that unusual, in my experience. To each his/her own.