Mike Durant
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Podcast Appearances
And I realized, you know what?
This is going to be what I make of it.
And Joe had told me this.
You know, you're responsible for
for the safety of your aircraft and everybody in it.
And I took that seriously.
And I worked my ass off.
I studied hard.
I tried hard.
And I would have been number one in the class, except for on one particular checkride.
And I didn't fail the checkride.
But the guy said I drifted out of the lane, which was a major safety.
Maybe I did.
I didn't remember doing it.
Either way, he docked me five points on the most important checkride in flight school, and it put me in number two in the class.
But number one guy got Chinooks.
I didn't want Chinooks.
Number two guy got the only Blackhawk slot in the class.
Yes, because Blackhawks were brand new.
I mean, I had seen one, and I'm like, man, that's the sexiest freaking machine I've ever seen.