I disagree. We mirror society. We will have folks of all levels of
competence and common sense. Just like there are dumb car and truck
operators, so our group will have our share.

The problem lies in the fact that what we do is a privilege and since there
are relatively few of us, it's just easier for the powers that be to ground
us than fix the problem. The problem essentially is that we have this crazy
sense of fair play the won't allow us to protect our consummate rights by
employing racial profiling (it works) and when appropriate, nuking those
countries that won't play nice.

If you really think that North Korea and the Arab states wouldn't use
nuclear weapons on us, if give the chance, you live in a fantasy land.
"Granite" wrote in message
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Yes, we do, on the whole. We're going to lose our privileges in the U.S.
if
we keep this up, and we'll have nobody to blame but ourselves. For those
that 'get it', its up to you to help and mentor the weaker GA pilots, to
set
the right example.