"David Brooks" wrote in message
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One thing - one of so very many things - I learned in my five years of
flying is that partisan politics does not fit into the cockpit.
-- David Brooks

And neither does reading War and Peace between the outer marker and
decision height.................So for THIS reason you decided to post
this idiotic nonsense and bring politics into the cockpit right?
You know Brooks; I had a job once pushing a D18 Beech into Washington
National every night. While I was on vacation, they hired me a new co
pilot. After I got back, I walked into the flight office and everybody
was jabbering about something they thought was real cute. Before I had a
chance to meet the new guy, they pulled me into a side office and asked
me if I minded flying with this new guy because he was black. You know
what I told them? I said I didn't give a rat's ass if he was purple as
long as he could fly!
Flying is flying...period. You'd be well advised if you intend hanging
around this business for any length of time to get this kind of crap
right out of your head. There's no place for it here, and no place for
it in any airplane I'm flying, I'll tell you that. But you're right,
this kind of thinking has absolutely no place even near an airplane. If
you can't handle it on a simple newsgroup, I'd hate to think of you
flying with some co-pilot someday whose politics you didn't agree with!
Man, this is not a healthy attitude for a pilot.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
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