Back to the original long quote.

Having been around aviation long enough, and have read up way too many
accident reports, not to mention seen way too many friends die,
aviation is not inherently safe. Especially in the military.
Especially in the Navy.

There are some people who should not be flying. Period. Yet the
'system' lets them stay in the cockpit. Due to connections, age,
rank, or who they are. If you've been around the military, its been
there seen that.

For McCain though, its just amazing that he got through flight school.
He wasn't a brilliant student in the Academy. Not as much he wasn't
smart, he just didn't try. I know we all have known people like that
if we've ever been to high school or college. The smart ass who never
does the work, slouches in class and seems to just stay there. Why he
wasn't kicked out of the USNA is beyond me. To quote a frat member I
shared a suite with in college, he skated.

To those who wanted to be Naval officers, who didn't have his
connections and did do the work and obeyed the rules, he is bluntly, a
disgrace to the uniform. Period.

The fact that he got his wings, and not only that kept them is just
beyond the pale. He was, as we used to say, an accident waiting to
happen.

Now I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican. But these criticisms were
just as valid about Bush Jr. To those who flew in the AF, he was just
a jerk. Period. Granted back then the National Guard wasn't up to
snuff as the regular AF, but still, I'll bet we all knew people who
would have rather flown in his place and would have been proud to have
flown an F-102 as much as they could as often as they could. He blew
it off and disappeared to work in a political campaign in another
state.

The only good thing you can say about Bush is he never lost an
aircraft and seemed to be an ok pilot. But, bluntly another connected
snot who got a seat in a safe assignment.

Now, if you want a war hero and a pilot that should be a poster boy
for Naval aviation, its Bush Sr. Period, hands down. Youngest Naval
pilot, volunteered when he could have stayed in school. That's a
patriot. You want someone who upholds the standard of Naval Service.
Its Bush 41.

Junior and McCain. Jokes.

For those who fly, its a calling.

Want a Republican who did a lot for aviation? Barry Goldwater. Granted
some of his flights and the types he flew in were because of his job
in the Senate. But he was a pilot. A real one. Its not something that
comes up a lot when you think of him, but he was in part a pilot.

McCain, pretty much a disgrace. Its not even close.