“Lesson: Always pack your own parachute.”
Perhaps. But I can’t help but admire US Navy jet pilot Charles Plumb’s attitude about it, in another great war story from this article, “Who Packs Your Parachute?”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kareanderson/2015/11/18/who-packs-your-parachute/
Good story. Thank you. I try to live every day like this.