A reluctance to take the controls

Jay Honeck writes:

What *is* that, anyway?

When you offer someone the chance to drive your car, do you expect him
to unconditionally accept?

Some people just don't care. How can they sit and enjoy the scenery
if they have to steer the plane?

Perhaps it's because I give them little choice, and Mary *asked*?

Perhaps. They may have sensed that you expected them to be delighted
by the opportunity, and they were too polite to turn you down.

It just seems odd to me, and rather sad. I don't want folks believing
that airplanes fall out of the sky as soon as an experienced pilot lets
go of the controls...

Just because someone doesn't want to do the work of flying doesn't
mean that she's afraid of airplanes.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Jay Honeck writes:


What *is* that, anyway?


When you offer someone the chance to drive your car, do you expect him
to unconditionally accept?

What a stupid question. Does your car have a steering wheel on both sides?

When you offer someone the chance to drive your car, do you expect him
to unconditionally accept?
What a stupid question. Does your car have a steering wheel on both sides?

That is irrelevant to the assumptions behind the question. Having a
steering wheel on both sides may make it easier to accept, but doesn't
really address the =willingness= to accept [an opportunity to do
something new]. If my friend had a 'vette, I would probably not accept
an offer to drive it.

Jose
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If my friend had a 'vette, I would probably not accept
an offer to drive it.

What the heck is wrong with you, Jose? If someone gave me the chance
to drive a new 'Vette, I'd be all over it like stink on
you-know-what...
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

What the heck is wrong with you, Jose? If someone gave me the chance
to drive a new 'Vette, I'd be all over it like stink on
you-know-what...

.... and that is what we are trying to tell you. Not all of us are as
keen on [certain] things as you are. If I gave you a chance to make a
pot on a potter's wheel, or to run spotlight at the community theater,
would you be "all over it like stink on you-know-what"?

Jose
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Jay Honeck writes:

What the heck is wrong with you, Jose? If someone gave me the chance
to drive a new 'Vette, I'd be all over it like stink on
you-know-what...

I exhausted the novelty of driving cars long ago, and I don't recall
ever being interested in sporty models. My main criteria of choice
were economy, safety, comfort, and reliability (not necessarily in
that order).

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
If my friend had a 'vette, I would probably not accept
an offer to drive it.

What the heck is wrong with you, Jose? If someone gave me the chance
to drive a new 'Vette, I'd be all over it like stink on
you-know-what...

You and me both!

I helped a neighbor tune up his Lotus Europa (a little, low to the ground,
balanced within a few pounds on each wheel, near all-out race car) and he didn't
have to ask me twice.

The gear shift lever is about 4 inches long. To change lanes, even at 70 MPH,
all you have to do is flick your wrist one way then the other, as fast as you
can, or you just changed 2 lanes. g

It could take corners that were uncomfortable in another car, a good 15 MPH
faster, without even trying. I could have driven that thing all day!

Same with a plane. I never hesitate to "drive" a plane around, when offered.

My theory is that she really did not like small planes, and that she was only
there because that is what her boyfriend was wanting to do. I'll bet if Mary
asked her to go flying without her boyfriend, she would decline.
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Jim in NC
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"Newps" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:

Jay Honeck writes:


What *is* that, anyway?


When you offer someone the chance to drive your car, do you expect him
to unconditionally accept?

What a stupid question. Does your car have a steering wheel on both
sides?


His does....it goes 'round and 'round in about a five foot circle; has a
little rubber ball that goes "Toot".

She didn't want to be embarrassed in front of her boyfriend.
Let Mary take her up with just the "girls" along.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Mary and I have given rides to dozens of people over the
years. I
| usually like to let a newbie ride in the right seat with
me, and will
| usually let them "take the wheel" once we're safely at
altitude. Most
| people love their new-found freedom, while others are
tentative and not
| quite sure what to think.
|
| It is a rare person, indeed, who refuses the chance to
"steer" -- but
| it happened Friday with a 24 year old girl in the right
seat.
| Actually, Mary was up front with her, while I was in back
with her
| boyfriend (which is still a very weird feeling, sitting in
the BACK of
| your own plane, in flight) -- and when Mary offered her
the controls,
| she politely refused.
|
| What *is* that, anyway? This girl is a wonderfully
intelligent, highly
| educated young lady, with no tendency toward timidness or
air sickness,
| yet, when given the chance to try something that VERY few
people on
| this planet will ever get to do, she refused. Stranger
still, she has
| flown with us before (albeit in the back seat), so it's
not like she's
| afraid of flying.
|
| I'm trying to remember if that has ever happened with me
in the left
| seat, and -- although I've sensed reluctance a time or
two -- I don't
| think anyone has ever said "No, thanks" to my offer to
take the yoke.
| Perhaps it's because I give them little choice, and Mary
*asked*?
|
| It just seems odd to me, and rather sad. I don't want
folks believing
| that airplanes fall out of the sky as soon as an
experienced pilot lets
| go of the controls...
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

"Jim Macklin" writes:

She didn't want to be embarrassed in front of her boyfriend.
Let Mary take her up with just the "girls" along.

If she's only 24, it's unlikely that she still has a 19th-century
mindset.

She probably just isn't interested in flying a plane.

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