But now I'm a pilot myself I avoid wearing uniform on leave whenever possible, "says one pilot resignedly. Rising incomes mean that airmen's salaries no longer cause envy, and the local media, whether intentionally or not, have linked the air force in people's minds with plane crashes, all of which has sapped their military glamour.
可是現在我當了飛行員，放假總是儘量避免穿軍服外出」，一位飛行員語氣無奈地說，現在國民所得提高，飛行員待遇已引不起別人欣羨，而傳播媒體有意無意的誤導，更使民眾常將空軍與摔機聯想，使他不堪其擾，只有儘量淡化自己的軍人色彩。