Mike Durant

And a lot of guys, and it's stupid,

would talk on the intercom by putting their hand.

First of all, you got a floor mic.

So if you're not on the controls, you should be using the floor mic.

You push on the button.

It's like the old high beam switch in an old car, basically that same kind of switch.

You should be using that, not touching the controls.

But some guys put their hand on top of the cyclic, and then the microphone triggers are on the front and would squeeze it like this to talk.

You're not on the controls.

So he did that, and his palm pushed the rocket button because that's what was underneath his palm.

So not only did he not save the freaking weapons, he pushed the fire trigger off for the rockets.

And I'm like, okay, my freaking checkride is toast.

It's not my fault, but there's no way I'm gonna get signed off.

Anyway, we finished the mission.

Everything else goes okay.

We go back and land.

And, you know, I'm not sure I would have been that much of a professional knowing that we're about to kind of hone in on their territory.

I mean, they own the Gunbird world for the soft community.

And now we're introducing this competitive player here, and they're probably not all that thrilled about it.

I know they weren't.