I thought all Naval Rotor guys were jet jockey washouts? Aren’t they the runts of the litter? (my bro-in-law flew navy rotors)
Every navy officer who gets accepted to flight school dreams of piloting a F/A-18 Hornet. Nobody says, "I want to fly a C-2 Greyhound! That's the life for me!" But they all don't get to fly the "go-fasts." The navy needs Greyhound and Seahawk pilots just as much as they need the fighter jocks, who are the rock stars of the air wing.
I work with navy helo pilots every day. They know their place in the pecking order. But they work hard, fly hard and deserve a lot of respect. And as a helo ordnance maintainer, I get the added perk of occasionally being able to fly in the birds I work on (which is more than the Hornet maintainers get to say).
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