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Old 3rd Apr 2013, 21:37
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MAD Boom
 
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Despite the pride I felt the day my (second) flying badge was awarded to me, and the smiles on my parents faces, at the end of the day it's just a badge.

I know what I can do/have done/will do because of the job I have, and I do not feel any less of a pilot because a guy wearing the same badge is doing what some on here are suggesting is a less demanding job.

If what is written here is to become gospel, should we be distinguishing between the wings awarded to the pilots of different aircraft types within the RAF? Should we have different wings for FJ,RW and ME pilots to distinguish between their capabilities or how hard they are working? (Sarcasm inbound I am sure)

If you are not enough of a person without a flying badge, you'll never be anything with it. Let it go.

P.S. As soon as the chicks in the bar realise they are talking to an RPAS pilot, they'll be off immediately in search of a rotary god anyway.
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