Hat's Off to Herc Pilots and Crew
"Lets be fair, as someone else once said, you have to fail a lot of flying training to end up as a pilot on hercs...."
Oh that's low, very low.
A pilot with several 1,000 Herc hours is likely to be a very good pilot indeed. Get it done and get it back, no matter what unexpected circumstances arise - and in IMC at O'dark thirty.