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Old 11th Apr 2011, 12:30
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Perhaps those looking to get away from EK, EY, GF, QR et-al ought to take a look at this....

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Old 11th Apr 2011, 12:44
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These will be the very first commercial Pilots-Astronauts, something which will undoubtedly excite the interest of a great many. Successful candidates will have to be very special: both a full course graduate of a recognised test pilot school and highly and broadly experienced. Virgin is looking for pilots with significant experience of both high performance fast-jet type airplanes as well as large multi-engine types – not only that but “prior spaceflight experience is an advantage”.
I would imaging an exodus of 100-150 EK pilots based on those requirements.....
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You need a Star Destroyer or Millennium Falcon rating to apply....

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Alas, I was too stoopid fer test pilt skool

It does however read as though they are targetting many of the senior 777 ranks either that or they are hoping to attract a load of SFI's
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Apparently a space shuttle pilot with missed approach experience
will be very highly regarded.
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I see you have to be a US citizen. That rules out our Oztranauts then.
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