:09:02
I'm due for rotation myself
in a couple of months,
:09:05
if I don't break any rules.
:09:08
One of the rules says I can't ground
anyone just because he asks me to.
:09:12
- Can you ground someone who's crazy?
- I have to.
:09:14
The rules say I have to ground
anyone who's crazy.
:09:17
I'm crazy! Ask anybody.
Ask Nately, Dobbs, McWatt...
:09:21
- Orr, tell him!
- Tell him what?
:09:23
- Am I crazy?
- He's crazy, Doc. He won't fly with me.
:09:27
I'd take good care of him, but he won't.
He's crazy, all right.
:09:31
- See that? They all say I'm crazy.
- They're crazy.
:09:35
- Why not ground them?
- Why don't they ask me to?
:09:37
- Because they're crazy!
- Of course they're crazy.
:09:41
And you can't let crazy people decide
whether you're crazy or not, can you?
:09:47
- Is Orr crazy?
- Of course he is.
:09:50
He has to be,
flying after all the close calls he's had.
:09:53
- Then why can't you ground him?
- First he has to ask me.
:09:56
- That's all he's gotta do?
- That's all.
:09:59
- And then you can ground him?
- No. Then I cannot ground him.
:10:03
- There's a catch.
- A catch?
:10:05
Sure, Catch-22.
:10:06
Anyone who wants to get out of combat
isn't really crazy, so I can't ground him.
:10:14
OK, let me see if I got this straight.
:10:17
In order to be grounded,
I've got to be crazy.
:10:19
And I must be crazy to keep flying.
:10:22
But if I ask to be grounded, I'm not crazy
any more and I have to keep flying.
:10:26
You've got it! That's Catch-22.
:10:34
That's some catch, that Catch-22.
:10:37
It's the best there is!
:10:42
Good afternoon, men, this is Major
Danby, your Flight Operations Officer,
:10:46
welcoming you to today's mission.
:10:48
You've all been briefed on this morning's
run, so I won't go over the details again.
:10:53
There's no sense naming names,
since the enemy is probably listening,
:10:57
and there's no reason I can think of
to tell him where we're going to strike.