Just because someone might have 20,000 hours doesn't mean he's a safe
pilot in a GA aircraft. In fact, I know a couple of airline Captains
(both recently retired) that I wouldn't get in a 172 with. Neither of
them have the "love" of flying that it took to stay current with out
George doing most of the flying for them.

Sadly, this does seem to be one terrible downside of flying for a living,
and I've seen it, too. These guys start out as kids who want to fly,
become flight instructors, build hours, and then move into flying freight in
the middle of the night.

It seems by the time they get to 747 captain, they've had to fly so much, in
every kind of crappy weather, with every kind of passenger, that it just
wrings the love of flying right out of them.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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