[dighton]

Squadrons and Squadrons of Saudi piloted planes threaten only sand dunes and anything in the glide path.

Because royals get first crack at being pilots, they have the largest cadre of totally untrainable pilots.

I'm trying hard to regret the waste of beautiful aircraft, but am somehow LMAO.

After all, their checks did clear.

[HardStarboard]

I have a friend who is a retired Boeing test pilot. He spent a goodly amount of time teaching several Saudi Princes to fly their new personal 737's.

His stories were a hoot - the one clearest in my mind is the Prince that couldn't help slaming on the parking brakes when the plane was still at 3 or 4 knots. He flat-spotted several sets of perfectly good tires - and always wanted Boeing to pay for the replacements as a part of training costs.

Thes guys are very dangerous....mostly to themselves!

[Tennessee_Bob]

A buddy of mine that was stationed over there said he had never seen so many over the airfield ejections in his life. Compressor stall? Pull the D-ring. Edge of a stall? Pull the d-ring.