Bush still a pilot?

I was reading a "debate" in another NG about the ANG "yanking" President
Bush's pilots certification.

Most of this discussion is carried on by folks who don't know what
they're talking about. In this case, "yanking" isn't what happened.
Bush did not take his flight physical in 1972 (presumably because he
wasn't in Texas but in Alabama), so he was grounded.

Interestingly, his last physical in 1973 showed him as "crew member on
flight status," so he presumably was either flying again or eligible
to do so, hence: no longer grounded.

I've looked into this hoo-hah with great diligence, and I have found
nothing to suggest that Bush flew an airplane after May 15, 1972, when
he cleared Ellington. Both his Texas unit and the one to which he
transferred in Alabama were phasing out the F-102A in 1972. He
evidently did not qualify in the replacement aircraft, the F-101B in
the case of Ellington.

http://www.warbirdforum.com/bushf102.htm




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In a previous article, said:
Interestingly, his last physical in 1973 showed him as "crew member on
flight status," so he presumably was either flying again or eligible
to do so, hence: no longer grounded.

Would a pilot in a single person fighter be listed as "crew member"?
That's wierd.


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Their constitution is unwritten, and is mostly based on common law and
practice. In other words, they do something wrong and it then becomes
the norm. -- Laurie Couturier, on the British legal system

Paul Tomblin wrote:

Would a pilot in a single person fighter be listed as "crew member"?
That's wierd.

No, that's normal. If the required crew is one person, then the pilot is the only
crew member. This is standard terminology in insurance, aviation, military, and
government (at least).

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:44:30 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

Would a pilot in a single person fighter be listed as "crew member"?

I was told it was Air Force talk for qualified to fly (in any
capacity, perhaps).

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