How to minimize annoying warplane attrition
(...) The entire training concept should be revised. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently expressed pride that the number of imam school students had reached 1 million. To compensate for the deserting Air Force pilots, war piloting must be introduced as a must course at the imam schools. Air Force commanders can comfortably tell every deserting pilot, “Go to hell!” if every year a few thousand imam-pilots joined the service. Naturally, a team of pious pilots would be less exposed to the risks of crashing. Symmetrically, at the Air Force academy for piloting, “The Life of Our Prophet” and Quranic teachings must be introduced as mandatory courses, along with classes on hadith, fiqh and classical Islamic science. Prayer beads should be made part of the pilot’s standard flight equipment. A special software should be developed so as to lock ignition if a pilot does not read prayers before flight. Any pilot who does not pray five times a day or averts Friday prayers should...
