Originally Posted by
757FO
What an absolutely ridiculous comment. I'd like to see you try it, especially at night in a 40kt crosswind with weather right down to minimums.
With a freakish 100% safety record. You'd have to round off well past the decimal point to come off of that 100%.
I have a friend who flies private aviation jets and Air Force reserves jets and he's always in training of some sort. Reading, sim time, classes, etc. Missions, flying routines, aeroplane systems, more aeroplane systems, and is always looking up the weather. It's a lot of (detail oriented) work.
He also has a 2-seat PITTS biplane -- words cannot describe how much fun that little aeroplane is!
Either way, it's a career with tremendous educations required.