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by clovishound » Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:41 am
We had a similar situation when I first started flying in the Reserves. We were deployed on a 10 day "floater" mission in Europe. We during that time you usually get a day or two off, but we just couldn't get a break. They kept promising us a day, but it never materialized. Flying is hard on the body, especially with the long days we put in, and it definitely is cumulative. Anyway, the night before we were scheduled to go home, we ran into another crew in Rhein Main. They were complaining that they hadn't flown in days, and wanted to get back in the air. They were tired of sightseeing in Frankfurt, and taking Rhine river tours. Turns out their Aircraft Commander's name was almost the same as ours, and we had been getting all their missions, as well as our own. By the time we found out it was too late to do anything about it.
There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English to sanity. - Sanya