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Originally Posted by CptGrayWolf
This reminds me of WWI pilots who never wore parachutes, even though they were around.
I forget who, but this is what a high ranking WWI Air Force official said about pilots and parachutes, " The place of the flyer is in the aeroplane". 
Like Seminole said, sense of misguided duty and tradition. |
WWI pilots were actually under orders not to carry chutes because the reasoning went they might abandon their aircraft too soon.
The Germans didn't figure it out until the last months of the war that their experienced pilots were a much more valuable asset than the planes were.
The Allies ended the war with parachutes still not being allowed I believe.