Well it means that military trained pilots generally have one less means of killing themselves and their passengers, in that they have demonstrated flying aptitude. It doesn't mean there are no stupid, arrogant, wilful or just plain dangerous military pilots out there, of course there are. It just means that while they are being stupid, arrogant, wilful or just plain dangerous they are probably fully in control of the aircraft with the requisite situational awareness. The same rule applies of course to the civilian trained pilots who also have the requisite level of flying aptitude, they have just never been formally tested for it.
Two's in - I don't agree with that at all.
I've flown with plenty of excellent military pilots and a handful of utterly useless ones. Exactly the same as civilians funnily enough. It's almost like we're all just human and passing military selection does not grant someone the divine gift of SA or aircraft handling ability at all times.
