Dudley Henriques wrote:

There's always been a fairly large crevasse between the natural romance of
flight and the reality involved with flight. In most cases, those of us who
remain as pilots for some length of time learn to appreciate the difference
and deal with it.
The press on the other hand, for reasons of their own, in many cases
involving our last moments as pilots, choose to emphasize the romance and
completely neglect the realities.

What harm does it cause if the press and general public believe that
pilots are trying to avoid schools, crowds, etc.? Even if their motive
isn't pure (trying to create a story), I'm not sure that the outcome is
all that bad for pilots. I'd rather have this than reporters saying
that pilots just look for any open spot and don't care if it is a
playground.


Matt