“Fighter pilots need to get over themselves. Having worked with many, I trust none. You shouldn’t either.”
You need to get over your envy and jealousy.
“You need to get over your envy and jealousy.”
The never-ending conceit: fighter pilots always believe that everyone else on the planet wants to do what they do.
I will confess that as a private pilot, I have at times wanted fly some of the hardware given into their hands. But I realize that’s just my ego talking. However, other aspects of that line of work cannot be counted out: I wouldn’t be one of them, not for any earthly reward. Couldn’t endure the degradation of intellect and sacrifice of self-respect that would be required; as officers, leaders, and professionals, they are cyphers.
Sometimes, the fighter-pilot wannabes are more defensive, more adamant than the fighter pilots themselves. Never been able to compute that; no fighter pilot has ever given any of their hangers-on some much as the time of day. They dismiss the rest of humanity as vermin, so insignificant, so lowly, that we are not worth their effort to step on.
Which are you?