[Robe]

If you haven't "dinged" an airplane and don't have a letter from the FAA in your file...

You...
A. Haven't been flying long
B. Aren't a Fighter pilot

a pilot who early in his career was cocky, occasionally cavalier and prone to testing limits.

You don't land airplanes on rolling pitching decks at night without being cocky, occasionally cavalier and prone to testing Limits

We're called NAVAL AVIATORS

[johniegrad]

You don't land airplanes on rolling pitching decks at night without being cocky, occasionally cavalier and prone to testing Limits

There is, however, a little less swagger during nighttime carrier ops.

[brytlea]

My FIL was a Marine fighter pilot, he would agree with you! A special breed.