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On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:08:35 +0000, Andy Champ
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On 21/01/2013 15:45, fred wrote:
So you think flying a small plane is akin to flying a jumbo ?


Well, there's got to be a good reason why the airlines used to hire all
the fighter pilots, not just the bomber boys. And why they think it's
fine to do /ab/ /initio/ training on a light single.


I thought that many fighter pilots were found to be temperamentally
unsuited to flying passenger aircraft. (?)