I just thought of this, and I really don't intend to stir up any trouble, etc. Its just plain old curiosity. How do pilots (fixed wing & helos) treat the CCT community? Do they have a lot of respect for you guys, or do they really not focus too much on it except when the time comes? Like I said, just curious, don't mean to stir anything up, etc.<p>Matt

I dare say that most any pilot who has ever conducted a blacked out landing on a grass strip, relied on a friendly navigational beacon in hostile airspace, or needed real-time mission coordination with a ground commander would have nothing less than the utmost respect for combat controllers. <p>There are always those baffling anomalies, however. Just last year a C-130 pilot asked me why I wanted to go CCT. I told him it was because I wanted to jump out of planes, deploy with SCUBA gear, and coordinate airstrikes behind the lines. His reply gave me a slight twitch in my left eye- "Well Cadet Parker, you might want to reconsider, because that's not at all what combat controllers do". I was afraid to ask him what they did actually do. <p>I don't know if that helped you at all. But let me respectfully offer to you that your question is bogus. Maybe someone else will give you a better reply before TE presses the delete button.<p>Hooyah!
SJP

Whats the differance between a Pilot and a Bus driver?<p>Bus drivers are allowed to handle the money...lol<p>Just kidding the pilots that have worked with controllers have great respect for them the ones who haven't yet are usually clueless in regards to the CCT mission or controllers.<p>
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