Pilots
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I was doing servicing one day, when a senior was telling me about how much fighter pilots were paid compared to the chopper pilots.
In the conversation, he said that in the USAF, they glorify the chopper pilots more than the fighter pilots. Reason being that chopper pilots are more 'into the action', a higher chance of getting bullets nailed into them, smashed by RPGs or getting shot by fighter jets.
Whereas the fighter pilots are further away, and most of the time the only thing that can hit them would be the anti-air artillery, another fighter pilot or their own stupid mistakes.
Locally the thinking is not so. Fighter pilots are glorified, chopper and transport pilots ain't the top of the heap.
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i think in the US, the army has their own choppers too. and given the inter-service rivalry there, dunno, they will glorify their own chopper pilots so as to outdo the army's?Originally posted by kopiosatu:I was doing servicing one day, when a senior was telling me about how much fighter pilots were paid compared to the chopper pilots.
In the conversation, he said that in the USAF, they glorify the chopper pilots more than the fighter pilots. Reason being that chopper pilots are more 'into the action', a higher chance of getting bullets nailed into them, smashed by RPGs or getting shot by fighter jets.
Whereas the fighter pilots are further away, and most of the time the only thing that can hit them would be the anti-air artillery, another fighter pilot or their own stupid mistakes.
Locally the thinking is not so. Fighter pilots are glorified, chopper and transport pilots ain't the top of the heap.
What say you? -
I heard that the army has lousier helicopters and equipment than the air force. As a result, many unnessesary accidents have taken place.
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the US are the one that REALLY goes into war... penetrates the enemy line.. that's where choppers are the most useful.
here only for show... of cos the fighter looks more stylo lah... faster then can eject somemore... chopper pilots goes down with the chopper itself (/touch wood) if anything happens. -
maybe... but logically speaking, a chopper pilot IS the one who will take the most crap in warOriginally posted by wuming78:i think in the US, the army has their own choppers too. and given the inter-service rivalry there, dunno, they will glorify their own chopper pilots so as to outdo the army's? -
yes. but jus as anywhere else, the rarer of the kind will be glorified.Originally posted by kopiosatu:maybe... but logically speaking, a chopper pilot IS the one who will take the most crap in war
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well... from my experience.. why they say fighter pilots are more glorified is becoz of the selection process they go through. Fighter pilots are under more stress due to the fact that dey are travelling 900over kph. and 1 slight error or manouver can be fatal. Moreover u oni hav secs to make a decision, therefore fighter pilots are the cream of the crop. choppers are slower.. in the sense that... u have more time to make decisions n u wun go through much gforces. But choppers are also impt too. Choppers are harder to control, they carry more ppl so if the heli is down, dey expect more casualties depending on the number of ppl inside. N like u guys said, the chopper is so called "in" the war. It all comes down to how u see it. All areas of the air force are equally impt, equally glorified. Without chopper pilots. who will transport the soldiers? Without transport pilots, who will transport the supplies?Without fighter pilots who wll defend the skies?
--sorry for being long winded.. jus my views n my $0.02 worth