Alan C. Mack

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

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For me, it was.

Yes.

Right.

So I was lucky enough, because of the advantages I had with the academics—

I was a distinguished honor grad.

So the Army at the time, like the airline industry today, kind of aged out.

The pilots were all retiring at the same time, and especially in the Chinook community.

So the Chinook community at the time was very top-heavy, very senior-oriented.

So all these guys were older, and they were leaving.

And the only way to refresh that with any kind of longevity was take new guys like me, which was kind of unheard of at the time.

So there's no metric to say, okay, he's going to be a good Chinook pilot.

So they just look at grade point average and, all right, this guy is number one, this guy's number two.

So me and one of my peers in class, we got selected for Chinooks right out of flight school.

So this is 1989.

1989.

Were you bored?

No, because it just so happens.

Right.

So I started in 89.

Really, I graduated in 90.

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