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Old 8th Jun 2014, 14:19
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No.

It may be politically incorrect to say it, but it is nothing like putting a civvy pilot in for a B1 Bombing mission.

I left the military as do thousands of others each year and went for sim rides in Airbus and Boeing aircraft. It was never pretty but I was able to takeoff fly the route each time and land in aircraft I was totally untrained for.

A civilian pilot or even another military pilot could not climb into a B1 and fly a bombing mission.

If you believe the jobs compare then you are being very silly.

Get airborne in a B1 and then land it?
Maybe.
Bombing mission?
Idiocy.
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