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I've heard it gets interesting if you put Bart and Billy in the same room, introduce a little alcohol.................................

Their reputation precedes them, and they can live up to it and then some

Just to make sure I'm following along - we have those with no experience second-guessing those with no experience second-guessing Chesley Sullenberger.

Does that about sum things up?

Hey toothpick, why are you deleting posts? Exactly the reason I quoted your earlier comments....

Joel... You have to understand one thing. It works diferently in the civilian world then it does the military. In the military rampers are competent, well trained, and do a great job. In the civillian world I deal with idiots who don't give a chit about their jobs or the $7.50 an hour they make. The problem is we deal with that every day, its actually suprising when we get a good ramper with any kind of work ethic. We can always tell when we get a military guy who martials us in. And I always make sure and let them know we appreciate someone who does it right. So don't take it personel. BTW.....

Whats the difference between god and a fighter pilot??

God doesn't think hes a fighter pilot

Pretty much sums it up..

Why do you feel the need to attack Blaine?

Your so far out in left field here, you don't have a clue...............................

I'm very tempted to say "So what?", but I won't because I know how much skill and experience it takes to accomplish and deal with those situations. I won't belittle your experience here. However, If you helped - REALLY helped - anybody other yourself (maybe you're one of those who only cares about his own butt) it was still [b]nothing[/b] compared to what "Sully", Haynes, and so many other commercial, real world pilots have done. I still say your'e jealous that your skill and experience never made it outside the little fishbowl you live in; therefore you raise your "standards for heroism" so ridiculously high so you won't look so puny beside them so you can put yourself on Sully and Haynes' level. Pilots, firefighters, you name it. Your "standards for heroism" will always be high enough so that you don't look so puny beside them.

Of course it is! In case you haven't noticed, that's where the majority of us live. People who live in fishbowls never get noticed for their skill and experience because they never help anybody in the real world. You never do anything heroic/amazing in the real world.

jetjockey, I was composing this as you were posting. (I keep 2 or 3 windows open most of the time.) I don't know what you do for a living, but at least you live in the real world. Maybe you and I just have a difference of opinion. I'm tired of arguing with you about heros and which pilots acted more skillfully. However, I want it understood - I don't feel outmatched. Not in this thread anyway. I'm just tired of arguing with you.

AJ, when somebody horns in on a conversation on the CB radio, or says something off the wall, you know what we say?
Shut up stupid. In one of his posts, Blaine led me to believe he received a medal of honor. I want to know if he actually did. I'm sure he doesn't need you to come to his rescue - his ego's already in the stratosphere.

I'll ask him again: Blaine, did you ever receive a medal of honor?

GFY.

If you don't want opinions then don't post on public forums. Don't you have another ex to stalk. No doubt in my mind why they dumped your moronic aze.

Never did find my bird dog...........

AMX.. Im a pilot for one of the Major US airlines. I do it for a living. Your right, were just gonna have to agree to disagree....... Wanna argue about truck driving? I used to work at the Kenworth plant in Seattle, my dad drove truck all his life and my uncle ownes a trucking company. And Freightliners should all be pissed on......... Just kidding. Well not about Freightliners...

My wife would sell you mine. She (dog )does a better job killin rabbits that she does with birds.

Speaking of bird dogs AJ... I'm gonna go put my new 7 month old Brittany on some quail right now.

Sounds like fun!!! Solo or with another dog?

I'm beginning to like you jetjockey But I don't like KWs either.

Blaine, did you ever receive a medal of honor?

I guess I'll bump this ever so often until he answers - unless somebody else knows for sure. The post he made that infers he received a medal of honor is in this thread.

You really suck................................ at reading comprehension. Don't you! No where in Blaine's post did he make any insinuation that he has a CMH. You don't have a clue as to how revered the CMH is in the military community. A poser would be dealt with severely. Blaine has more than enough integrity (something you lack) than to pretend he's a CMH winner.

If you weren't so stuck in stupid you'd realize that in Blaine's post is a military signature. Part of that signature is his ribbon bar which displays the awards he earned in his military service. Research the CMH yourself and then check his awards. I'll give you a clue, the CMH is the highest award, it would be displayed at the top of the bar.

[bleep] trolls................................................

This whole thread has gotten entirely out of hand. I can see Blaine's point, its just another day at the office for pilots. To Joe Public its heroic because its something they're not familiar with; I mean its not everyday you see a passenger jet land in the river and passengers standing on the wing as it drifts! If they want to make him a hero, let them. No skin off of anyone's back. I can't imagine having a beef with it.

If you or I were on that Plane,he would be our Hero! Still... Think very highly of him!

Quite a few people have mentioned Al Haynes and his famous landing, plus one or two incidents where aircraft have made long gliding approaches. Nobody has mentioned the Space Shuttle though...Every return to earth is essentially a long glide for them..Amazing when you think about it, especially as there have been no crashed landing or over shooting of the runway...