Plane Answers: Civilian vs. military pilot — which one is better?

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Then there was the Connie driver who, halfway twix HNL and San Fran, lost ole #1. In his calm cool demeanor, he got on the PA and reassured the pax that all was well and that their ETA would be a little later than expected. Wouldn't you know it, as they sailed on, first #2, and shortly thereafter, #3 went AWOL. As each mill took the rest of the evening off, the captain's reassuring voice rose a few octaves, lending a modicum of doubt among the pax. As the sturdy bird droned on at V2min, one of the pax turned to his seatmate and said, "If we lose one more motor, we'll be up here all night"!

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