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Calling a military aviator a pilot is an insult

Posted Monday, October 20, 2008, at 2:39 AM
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Some have said that labels are forever perhaps so. However the thing is, calling anyone who flys a pilot these days is a downright insult. The proper term is aviator. NOT PILOT!! Especially military aviators. The high degree of training, honing skills, and protecting lives is an intense job done by those who deserve respect and honor.

I have to constantly correct those I come into contact with that insult our airborne enthisiasts as well as those whose job it is and a pleasure we get from flying ,by calling us who fly PILOTS, So people remember these words , do not call an aviator a PILOT.

Nuff sedd.

By the way thanks to Grindes Drive Inn in Mountain Home for a great meal, during the third meeting of the AyreWolves held there this past Sunday.

Truly

AyreWolf

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  • The term must only bother you. Military pilots refer to themselves as "pilots" every day. Do you have nothing better to gripe about? For a guy with a towing business...you sure are inside a lot. There are much larger things to worry about these days than your version of the "correct" term for a person that is a PILOT. When they call a pilot a cop or refuse engineer...then complain. We have worse to worry about. When do you move again?

    -- Posted by OpinionMissy on Mon, Oct 20, 2008, at 3:53 PM
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