Dirty Harry put it this way, "A man's got to know his limitations." I was
always amazed by the capacity for self-delusion suffered by some aviators:
"Great" gun passes with the pipper off target. "Rails" approaches that
weren't. etc.

R / John

PS. IIRC Chuck Nesby wasn't a fighter pilot.

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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CAPT. CHARLES NESBY, CUNNINGHAM FRIEND: That's the nature of the beast
in all of us that are fighter pilots. You're naturally aggressive.

Bull Crap Nes; you can be aggressive as hell and still remain honest.
Actually, in a twisted way, although aggressiveness is a must in flying
high performance airplanes; honesty is even more important a trait in a
fighter pilot.
An aggressive fighter pilot who is incapable of assessing his own
performance honestly will soon become a dead fighter pilot!

Dudley Henriques
Past President 1971-1985
International Fighter Pilots Association