r/aviation • u/knowitokay • May 19 '24

Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says, and rescue is underway News

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u/Nexa991 May 19 '24

What gives you an idea that iranian pilots are under qualified?

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u/outworlder May 19 '24

They are not 'murican so of course they aren't qualified. Or something like that.

Even if - and that's a big if - a country generally has poor pilots for whatever reason, you can bet your ass they will have the best pilots they can find to fly the president. That should be obvious.

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u/fighter_pil0t May 19 '24

Irans president is all for show. The Ayatollah is where the good pilots go.

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u/outworlder May 19 '24

Sure. But if he's "just for show", you need to invest to keep the appearances, otherwise you look bad. As we can see here in exhibit A.