Mike Durant

And I still think that.

I mean, it's an amazing machine.

I got the slot, the only one, and turn around, meaning as soon as I finished flight school, I wait a little bit longer and then start Blackhawk transition at Fort Rucker.

And I mean, I'm young, I'm early 20s, you know?

And then I get my assignment, which again, you know,

I think about, and that's why I said earlier, I feel so lucky.

Not only am I lucky to be alive, but I'm lucky that these various things happened to me along the way that some of them, like being number two instead of number one, I was disappointed in, but in the end, it really achieved what I most wanted, you know?

And it's just, I guess it comes down to, you make the best of it, right?

I mean, not everything's going to go your way.

I don't care who you are.

And, you know, you just got to make the best of it.

Anyway, I got an assignment in Korea,

Did you find flight school challenging?

Yeah.

I mean, it's challenging.

Not everybody makes it.

I mean, first of all, we're soloing with six hours.

And my roommate had a midair in flight school with six hours.

Holy shit.

So we're coming around.