What a pompous ass! GWB had to pass the ASVAB, a physical and meet the intellectual quals for flying to get the gig he got. Then, he had to get through UPT and upgrade training for fighters. This self-important SOB is just another fart in the wind, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
And at the time wasn't that unit still being rotated to Vietnam and didn't GWB volunteer to go?
To express this in layman's terms, what you are saying is that GWB had to 'EARN' his wings. They just don't hand them out to anyone, even if your daddy is a public official or not.