Alan C. Mack

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1,629 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 17 Sep

Alan C. Mack’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Oh, well, I mean, it takes about eight months to get through flight school.

And back then, you were a warrant officer candidate, a walk, the entire time until you graduate.

Nowadays, you're a walk for four to six weeks, and then they make you a W-1.

So the warrant officer ranks go W-1, 2, 3, 4, and CW-5, which didn't exist at the time.

It was only four.

But they...

They spoon feed you.

I mean, they know how to teach, and they've been doing it for years, and it just works really well, the process.

Although you're not a very good pilot.

You fly as a co-pilot.

Okay.

So you're a two-seat aircraft pilot.

You're the junior guy.

So it's like driving with your 16-year-old when they first learn.

Right.

That's the thing you have in the helicopter.

They've got another set of controls.

Oh, that is good.

Yeah, you're not the one making the decisions.

There's a senior guy next to you saying, all right, let's go here.

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