02-28-2011, 03:30 AM
Grace62 wrote:
[quote=Carnos Jax]
Grace, if you're in the Wichita Kansas area, perhaps you can come across some tanker pilots. I'd be curious to know more of their opinions. As I've said, the few I know all preferred the Airbus.
No plans to visit Wichita.
The only tanker the USAF has ever used is the Boeing. When they say "they prefer Airbus" which plane are they referring to since they would have never flown the EADS KC-45, or what's the basis for that opinion?
They're talking about the A330 versus the 767. Two I know are 767 pilots. In their crowd, they have lots of chances to rub shoulders with pilots who fly all sorts of aircraft, since most are airline pilots. I would think they're opinion carries a lot more weight than yours (and somewhat more than mine). Sorry about the Wichita reference, I thought for some reason you were from there.
BTW, you ain't kidding about the B-1. I had friends who were gung ho about flying it after pilot training. Everyone has since left that platform. They think it's a piece of crap and dangerous.