Peter Duniho wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

Please don't ascribe Peter's sense of personal responsibility (or lack
thereof) to all Americans. That couldn't be farther from the truth.


Please don't ascribe Thomas' perception of my sense of personal
responsibility to me. It couldn't be farther from the truth.

Not so. You clearly wrote that a pilot who was using the brakes
incorrectly wasn't completely to blame for wearing out the brakes and
the maker of the airplane should bear some of the blame. I disagree
completely. That is the attitude that Thomas was ascribing to all
Americans and I am an American and I don't share that attitude at all.
If there is a correct means provided by the manufacturer to use the
brakes, and the pilot isn't using that method, then the pilot is 100% to
blame.

Matt