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OLDER PILOTS PERFORM BETTER, STUDY FINDS
Larry Dighera writes:
Could it be that the incompetent among the older generation(s) have already been culled from the ranks by their errors, but the younger ones haven't yet? There are no old, bold pilots. But many incompetent pilots remain lucky for decades. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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OLDER PILOTS PERFORM BETTER, STUDY FINDS
On 3/7/2007 11:00:31 AM, "Denny" wrote:
So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR, crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings, and generally giving GA a bad name? Come on... I recall a certain high profile inadvertent thunderstorm penetration accident that claimed the life of a famous octogenarian pilot last year. No one is immune. -- Peter |
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"Montblack" wrote: Mmmmmm........this is GREAT news Larry!!! I'll save a fortune on Viagra!! No need to call a doctor if you remain aloft more than four hours, either. Haw! Good one. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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"Peter R." wrote: So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR, crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings, and generally giving GA a bad name? Come on... I recall a certain high profile inadvertent thunderstorm penetration accident that claimed the life of a famous octogenarian pilot last year. No one is immune. Dang! Just when Denny had me feeling all smug and superior, Peter lets the air out. -- Dan 60 and counting |
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On Mar 7, 8:26 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
"Peter R." wrote: So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR, crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings, and generally giving GA a bad name? Come on... I recall a certain high profile inadvertent thunderstorm penetration accident that claimed the life of a famous octogenarian pilot last year. No one is immune. Dang! Just when Denny had me feeling all smug and superior, Peter lets the air out. -- Dan 60 and counting Yeah, and his relatives should have sued the propellor manufacturer for causing his crash - it was obviously defective! As for the suggestion that old pilots are just the leftovers from the weeding out process - don't be giving an old pilot like me new thoughts like that, it confuses me... denny - |
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OLDER PILOTS PERFORM BETTER, STUDY FINDS
Not surprising. Young car drivers have better coordination and motor skills
than older drivers but take a look at the accident rates for young versus older drivers. It's not through some fluke that teenage drivers pay a much higher insurance rate than mature drivers. Remember the old story about the young bull and the old bull looking down the hill at a herd of cows? The young bull says "Let's run down the hill and screw a cow". The old bull says "Let's WALK down the hill and screw them all"! The exuberance of youth sometimes gets in the way of wisdom. "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Denny writes: Yup, those young pilots are bigger than me, better looking than me, faster than me, stronger than me, scan better, have better vision, better hearing, and multi task faster/better... So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR, crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings, and generally giving GA a bad name? Because the difference between them and you in the characteristics you describe as being to their advantage is small to nonexistent, whereas the differences in experience are very large. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Mxsmanic wrote in
: Larry Dighera writes: Could it be that the incompetent among the older generation(s) have already been culled from the ranks by their errors, but the younger ones haven't yet? There are no old, bold pilots. Yes there are. Wrong again Bozo! Bertie |
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