Can't add anything else to this... the picture is worth 10,000 words!
If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay, you need to take a look at this picture.
This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission.
The pilot is a Canadian Forces Reserve guy who flies an EMS choppers in civilian life.
Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the end of a
chopper down on the roof top of a shack, on a steep mountain cliff, and hold
it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear.