Ron Lee wrote:

He asked if I was cutting in front of him and I stated "Looks like
it."


Bad move. You just broke the right of way rules. It does not matter
whether you think his long final was reasonable. You cut in front of a
landing aircraft. If there had been an accident, chances are good that
you are the one who would have been found at fault.

Soon thereafter I decided that I was too fast so went around then when
on downwind again stated that his (Cirrus "pilot") pattern entry was
bad.

Wrong again. There is nothing prohibiting straight-in landings. Many
instrument approaches require them, and one of the pilots may be
wearing a hood. He may also have specific missed approach instructions
from ATC which might even be different from anything published; ATC
seems to like to tell aircraft to turn 90 degrees right or left
directly over the runway and cut straight across what you seem to think
is the 'normal' pattern. You are wrong to assume that all aircraft fly
by the same rules you do. They do not. Different aircraft fly different
patterns. They enter the pattern depending on the flight rules they are
operating under. Towers may ask aircraft to fly patterns on both sides
of the runway. Transiting aircraft may be constrained by ATC to flying
just above the pattern. High performance aicraft may fly a higher and
wider pattern than others. Helicopters may fly an opposite pattern or
even no pattern at all. Ultralights may fly inside and lower than other
aircraft. You might think that lighter than air aircraft would be easy
to see, but they are not always coming from a direction that you would
expect. Whenever you are in the vicinity of an airport, you should
assume that aircraft can come from any direction at any time.

His response was "I called it out." I told him that it was not
good when other planes are using a standard pattern. Had he been the
only one around I would not have cared.


And wrong yet again. The radios are not to be used for arguments. By
your own admission there were other aircraft in the pattern. You tied
up the radios in order to argue with another pilot, endangering both
yourself and others. Even if you had been right, which you were not,
the place to settle it is on the ground.

Thus my assessment is that Cirrus pilots have too much money and
inadequate pilot skills/common sense. Other fatal crashes just add to
this perception.


Guess what my perception is of you? If you had been my student, you
would have been chewed up one side and clawed down the other -- but my
students know better than to act like this in the first place.

I would not care for your attitude even if you had been right. A little
more humility, friendliness, and cooperation is in order. You make
mistakes, too. All pilots do.

Ron Lee