"Mike" nospam@ microsoft.com wrote in message
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| On the other side of that coin there are those who expect to join CAP and
| think they have a "right" to start flying missions the next day because
they
| have X number of ratings or whatever, or they are simply a low time pilot
| who wants to fly CAP planes on the cheap, yet contribute nothing to the
| organization. Or they simply join up one day and expect the organization
to
| bend around them rather than wanting to be part of a team. Many of them
| wind up like you and quit. Good ridance, I say. CAP has over 500
aircraft
| in their fleet, so it should come as no surprise that they are going to
| auger one in now and then. The nature of the business involves some level
| of risk. Of the crashes you mentioned, all involved very experienced and
| competent pilots. Perhaps they did do something stupid, but if you think
| you are smarter than they were, or a better pilot, you have the type of
| attitude that often leads to a smoking crater at the end of your flying
| career.
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Are you in uniform? Did you salute Viperquack's first post?