>>>OK, how many pilots were trained to fly the F-102? 875 planes entered service, and from other figures in the same article we can see it was two years of training and three years of flying for a five year enlistment period (that's assuming that everyone did the minimum Air National Guard sign up, not career military. No draftees were ever taught to fly.). OK, and the plane was around from 1956 to 1974. OK, that's an 18 year period and three years active service each pilot gives us 5,250 pilots trained on that bird. (This is a very rough figure. Very rough indeed. Anyone who wants to help please do so. I'm assuming only one pilot per bird at a time, which may or may not be true. I'm also assuming all birds in service for the entire span which is absurdly untrue, but one will underestimate the number of pilots, the other will overestimate. If anyone actually knows the exact number trained to fly the F-102 let me know and I can change the calculation.)
So, 5,250 pilots and 70 deaths means a death rate of: 1.3%.<<<

This is quite an amusing exercise in futility. I guess you're saying that flying an F-102 was as dangerous and life-threatening to Bush as fighting in Vietnam was to Kerry or McCain. I have to hand it to you--you take utter absurdity to a whole new level. I guess I should get a purple heart every time I get behind the wheel--do you have any idea of how many fatal accidents there out there on the roads every single day??? How do I do it??