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Probably much more, in the millions.  He imported a T-2 Buckeye for his flight school and those will easily run > $1 million in cost, maintenance & operations.
But he renounced his US citizenship in 2012 so maybe they're only listing amounts he received up to 2012 to avoid any complications in prosecution.
“the US State Department emailed Duggan as early as 2008 to tell him he needed to apply for written authorisation to provide training to a foreign air force.”
Hmm… so he’s had this on his mind for a while now >

ok, so authorities did check upon him, but he didnt listen. >

Maybe he's training them wrong. >

Wimp lo, again with the squeaky shoes? >

I'm bleeding, making me the victor >

Face to fist style, how'd you like it? >

If you have an ass, I'll kick it! >

My nipples look like milk duds! >

I'm not wealthy but 100k is not enough money. I imagine he was making more. Maybe property, house, car, pension. They can only legally find the 100k and incriminate him on. Idk just a thought. >

My cousin (officer in the US Navy) got almost a million dollars to resign to train new pilots.
It costs a fortune to train a single pilot and good pilots and trainers aren't easy to come by.
100k is a pittance for that kind of work. >

100k mighta just been the signing bonus >

And what can be legally known and proven at this time. There are plenty of ways the CCP could pay him more and hide it. And he very much seems like the type who would not want to pay taxes. >

I, for one, contend that the mercenary who got high-end training from one country and then turned around and sold that knowledge to a competitor state despite being told to specifically not do that, is probably a good guy who is more concerned with the welfare of society than he is with personal gain. >

Let me introduce you to Erik Prince, owner of a mercenary army called Blackwater in the US. The Blackwater founder has cut a lucrative security-training deal with China.

More recently, however, he has said that his business in China “is not a patriotic endeavor”; rather, it is an effort “to build a great business and make some money doing it.”

Check out the article. It's an interesting read. >

Yes, but see, that's Blackwater. And so, it's ok. >

Didn't they rebrand to Akademy after they did some wartime no-nos? >

They renamed to Xe, then Academi, then got bought by Triple Canopy before being moved under their parent company, Constellis. >

Well that is a rabbit hole >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 89%. (I'm a bot)


The US government has accused the former marine pilot Daniel Duggan of receiving more than $100,000 to teach Chinese aviators how to land on aircraft carriers.
The indictment alleges Duggan and another eight unnamed co-conspirators were involved in providing military services to Chinese pilots, including a former US Navy officer.
Duggan's arrest coincided with warnings from Australian and British authorities over the practice of former military pilots being offered lucrative contracts to train pilots in China.


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$100k? That's it? >

I get paid 100,000 a year to train Navy personnel on ships. 100,000 for such specialist training on fighter jet aircraft in a foreign country and one that is regarded as the enemy is a bargain for China. Surely this is a fee he can get in the US or other allied nation. >

The dude is clearly an idiot. He wrote "he hoped it'd set up his children for life." And he negotiated his own contract. $100k setting up kids for life? Clearly not the sharpest screw driver in the tool shed. >


Clearly not the sharpest

He's a Marine >

muscles are required, intelligence not essential >

M.A.R.I.N.E. >

Rah! Not only American pilots do this, the Canadians and Australians have been caught as well. >

The UK have a whole mess of scandals about this with their pilots also not too long ago. >

I can’t help but think that’s PR spin that takes a whole lot of artistic liberty with actual events but helps the government avoid a scandal >

I know some former fighter combat instructors that are getting $400,000 USD tax free to train pilots in the Middle East >

Is this still treason? I know at one time it was. >

Not sure if treason is only counted against known enemies. Relations with China are frosty, but not hostile. >

Also we've to consider the times. China in 2012 wasn't as threatening to the US, it's only recently that it was pushed to that bucket. >

In 2012 they had infiltrated every single defense industry institution and were waging wholesale cyber warfare for the few secrets they couldn't get with HUMINT. Compromising people left and right in the fucking US.
You have no idea wtf you're talking about. You haven't seen it. >

The US also has intelligence operatives (and better spying technology at that) and has tried to infiltrate everyone's elses defenses, even sabotage them. See iran and stuxnet. You could say China's bad due to the US's FUD and their recent aggressions, but even you have to admit even the US deploys double standards to suit their narratives sometimes.
Also you got sources on whatever infiltration they did during the 2012s? >

I can't disclose any more about that without seriously fucking my life up, however, nothing you said refutes China's threat to American national security both then and now.
Also no native English speaker would say '2012s' lol, so your anti-American viewpoint makes a lot more sense to me. >

Well you've just labelled your opposing side, and dodged all the questions I've posed to you. All signs of someone who has taken the US bait hook line and sinker, and is disingenuous in actually having a proper discussion. I don't think there's any more to talk about with you. >

That seems super low. It costs that to train on a Gulf Stream and he was training on military equipment? >

Aussie here.
I know a guy who used to be a caretaker for a little local airstrip, in a small town in the bush.
There were some Chinese pilots that were living there (trying to remember now) at either the the air strip or they had their own accommodation which was provided for them and they were being trained how to fly. I recall he said they were being paid fuck all, and weren't allowed to go anywhere but the air strip and their accommodation.
It wasn't really a known thing and not much was said about it. I never understood why the Chinese would send their pilots here to be trained in any context, as wouldn't it be cheaper to train them at home instead of Australia in the bush in the middle of nowhere ? >

more open airspace, more GA friendly airports, automatic ICAO4 English cert upon finish. It might actually be cheaper. Likewise, there is a huge training industry for major Chinese airlines in the states as well. >

If he received $100,000 for training the Chinese he either worked for 3 months or he is not very good at salary negotiations. >

Damn traitors. Unless they are helping us lol >

Can you imagine the PLA’s reaction when this guy agreed to do it for $100k? >

probably laughed their asses off and circlejerked each other. >

I would jsut have reject the guy because who would want to work with a guy the stupid? >

$100K to sell out? Pretty damn amazing.