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That's what he said. The "capable" part in "reasonably intelligent, capable and motivated people".

• greedo 4y ago
  Capable doesn't mean previous experience though. It means having basic physical capabilities; good eyesight, good reflexes, good 3D visualization. Stuff that is used by air forces world-wide to narrow their training pool. This pool would be responsible for acting as a feeder to flight schools which can take several years to progress a candidate through propeller aircraft, to fast jets while weeding out candidates who aren't up to standards. In contrast, these Ukrainian pilots are very experienced in flying fast jets. They don't require lowered standards, or exceptions at all. They just need to be fed the syllabus as fast as possible, and get them time in the cockpit.