Enjoying the talk and listening to you guys swap stories. Good stuff!

Honestly - I do quite a bit of "sim" flying - and seeing how things go in
the real world is kinda sobering. And - I didn't say that I wouldn't fly
myself somewhere, or take passengers myself if I was a private pilot. Just
that I don't know anyone right now that i'd fly with.

Kevin


"Richard Hertz" wrote in message
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So, Kevin, what are you doing hanging around an aviation group?


"Kevin Hill" wrote in message
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Let's put it this way.

A pilot flying a commercial jet or airplane is at his job. Not that
that
is
a guarantee or anything. He's also responsible for all his passengers,
and
will loose his job and livelyhood should he do something stupid. As
several
pilots have done, who reported for work drunk.

A professional airline usually has many people involved in the operation
of
a flight, and any one of those people can pull the plug on the pilot or
the
flight should they be doing something stupid, like drinking, or perhaps
trying to take off with a few nuts and bolts loose. The theory being
that
the chances that multiple eyeballs will see a problem is higher. And
maintenance crews and staff are dedicated to keeping the planes flying.

A professional pilot also probably has lots more hours under his belt
stepping into the jets cockpit than many private pilots. And, has
experienced his share of issues, problems and perhaps emergencies. That
experience means something.

As to your remarks about who designed these planes. Glad they had
supervising engineers looking over their shoulders, and glad they had
engineers working under them to cover their mistakes when they were too
hung
over to do their jobs.

Point being - one person can make a mistake and not recover from it.
Many
people can work on a project, and every person gets a chance to catch a
mistake prior to it getting loose. Not that it's perfect. Just better.

Finally - not knocking pilots. Just saying that I'd have a tough time
getting into a plane with them and literally trusting my life to them.
Particularly when their flight experience may be measured in tens our
hundreds of hours. Flying may still have lots of lessons to teach them.




"Nomen Nescio" ] wrote in
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As a non pilot - I would NOT get into a private (cessna type, mooney
type)
plane with ANYONE I currently know. At least when I fly commercial,
I
know
that they have at least had some kind of professional training (I
hope)!

Then I'm sure you'll be thrilled to hear that some of the engineers
that
designed those
airliners, and their engines, were classmates of mine 25 years ago.
Some
of whom
I helped carry back to their dorm while they were puking their guts
out
after overindulging
at the weekend kegger because they were so tripped out on LSD that
they
didn't
know how much they were drinking. Think about that next time you get
on
an
airliner!

As for the "professional training", do you think we were taught to fly
by
amateurs? Or
just spent enough time with MS Flight Simulator that we decided to get
in
a REAL plane?
BTW, I'm willing to bet that most private pilots could safely handle
and
land any airliner that's
flying today. Should the need arise.



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