[MilCom] Blue Angel Pilot Trash-Talks the Florida Central-East Coast!

[GeorgeF.]

At 11:55 PM 4/26/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>I am curious as to how many people actually listened to this audio bite. I=
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>listened, and I think this has been all blown out of proportion. I did not=
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>hear anything offensive at all on there. Whoever said it could have made=20
>the papers obviously did NOT listen. Nothing on there in my opinion could=
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>have made the newspaper on a slow=20
>day.          Jim


To answer your question, as of 2019 hrs EDT 834 unique IP addresses=20
accessed the file.

You=92re right a lot of people did blow this out of proportion.  A lot of=20
people think I posted it in order to humiliate the Blue Angels.  A Lot of=20
people think I was hurt by what the pilot said about the area.  And ALL=20
these people were DEAD WRONG!

Get Your Facts Straight People:

1)      I did not do this to humiliate the Blue Angels.  It was posted=20
because it was a very interesting communication and based on the positive=20
email I received many agreed.

2)      I was not hurt by what the pilot said.  In fact (this is the 4th=20
time I=92ve said this) I am in 100% agreement with the comments made by the=
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pilot.   I live in Florida and couldn=92t agree more.  The water he was=20
flying over is a very unpleasing shade of brown.   The area he was flying=20
over at the time for the most part is pretty trashy.

What my point was that I thought it was very unprofessional for a pilot=20
representing the United States of America by being a Blue Angel pilot=20
making such comments about an area where he will be performing.  These=20
people he just =93put down=94 have spent a great amount of money in the form=
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Tax dollars in order to finance that multi-million F-18 in which he flies=20
in.  A Blue Angel pilot is held (by their own ethics) to a higher level=20
of  professionalism then a =93typical=94 fighter pilot.  It=92s not being=20
politically correct, its more about professionalism and respect for the=20
people who finance your multi-million dollar ride.   Just remember what=20
every Blue says during their de-breif =93Glad to be here Boss=94.  It didn=
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sound like he was =93glad to be here=94=85..

Again, my grip was with the pilot, not with the Blues in general.  And=20
again he was right, he was in the middle of a trashy redneck area.

George
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