ArtKramr wrote:
buf3 wrote:
ArtKramr wrote:

I was surprised to learn that bomber pilots never looked down.

Maybe *your* bomber pilot didn't look down as much as you would have
expected, but even that leaves two obvious questions.

How do you justify extrapolating from one example to "bomber pilots"
in general?

Did you have to call out directions to him on final approach at the
end of each mission?

Later that day I had to get in the copilots seat and complete an
air refueling the pilot could not handle. Several years later
when I was at SAC Headquarters this pilot's name came up for a
staff job there. I vetoed him immediately without reservation.

I would have voted to give your pilot that staff job. Get him the
hell out of airplanes where he might hurt someone.

I guess the wisdom of that would depend on the staff job in question:
after all, guys behind desks have a habit of sending aviators into
harm's way.