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Originally Posted by Delgar
I spoke with someone who is related to Jeff Bird today and I understand that a few years ago while in the military he was in a situation where he made a belly landing because the aircraft's gear did not deploy. This led to him taking the expected safer rout of becoming a civilian trainer.
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That plane took us a long time to get back in the program. It was stuck in the states and we had to figure out how to fly it back to repair at home.
I'm curious about the bolded. Aside from war, the military is actually extremely safe, imo more so than most commercial enterprise. While the equipment is sometimes old, and the tempo is high, particularly in MJ, safety is priority one and we go to great lengths to manage risk.