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Air force pilots are the modern day knights of the sky. Also, up until WW2, which social class you were from determined whether or not you were going to be an o
by morkalork 8mo ago
Air force pilots are the modern day knights of the sky. Also, up until WW2, which social class you were from determined whether or not you were going to be an officer or canon fodder so rich kids swooping their way into being captains is historically normal.
- breppp 8mo agoActually during the time when the nobility went to be fighter pilots it was a suicidal role with very low survival rates (ww1)
- morkalork 8mo agoIncidentally: TIL George Bush Jr was an airforce pilot. Hah.
- seanmcdirmid 8mo agoAir national guard. He didn't want to go to Vietnam, so he (or his father) used his connections to join the weekend warriors. One of my uncles did something similar (while my dad got drafted in the army and went to Vietnam).