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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Yeah def a 'volunteers only' job that one  |
Spare a thought for the (mostly RAF) pilots on a CAM Ship.
Get launched from a catapult on the forecastle of a merchant ship, knowing that your only options were to either try out your parachute or crash into the ocean & hope to escape the cockpit before the plane sinks & then be picked up before hypothermia kills you.
So there you are, mid atlantic, mid winter, gale force winds, mountainous seas.....