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Old 10th Feb 2014, 20:56
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You were doing quite well. Until your second paragraph.

I think I saw the phrase "tall poppy syndrome" used earlier, and frankly that sums it up. Too many display pilots have died and even killed others because their conduct and ability was considered beyond question by anyone outside the elite. Sometimes a "tall poppy" has to be cut down to size, and that's not bitterness, it's the sad lesson of at least 30 years of accidents.
Because their conduct and ability was considered beyond question? That is why there have been accidents? Blimey. In that case for God's sake ground the whole Air Force. No, just the whole two winged master race. The only safe way to fly is remotely, with drones. Wait a mo, they've just given drone drivers wings! We're doomed!
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