"New generation airmen are bright, quick off the mark and well trained, but they tend to be less prepared than their predecessors to make sacrifices for their country or to see the other side as the enemy," is how one air base commandant expresses his dismay at the recent fall-off in air force officer applications.
「新一代的飛行員聰明、領悟力強，飛行訓練也夠，但為國家犧牲奉獻的精神，和敵我不兩立的同仇敵愾士氣，普遍比不上老一輩」，一位空軍基地主任對近年來報考空官人數銳減的情形十分感嘆。