Larry Dighera schrieb:

And the airman who sees himself as a hobby pilot or
casual pilot, has probably not invested adequate cogitation to
appreciate the depth of his responsibilities.

Flying is one of my hobbies, so I can't help being a hobby pilot.
Claiming something else would just be ridiculous. Maybe you could argue
that I should call myself a sports pilot (not in the legal sense), but
since pushing around gliders on the ground is about the only sportive
part of my flying activity, this wouldn't be less ridiculous. I invested
a fair amount of cogitation, besides of time and money, into my
responsibilities as a pilot, but this doesn't change the fact that I
still am and most probably will remain a hobby pilot. I don't have the
slighest difficulty with this.

Think of how you'd personally characterize a casual motorist or a
hobby motorist compared to a thoughtful, well trained, skillful, law
abiding motorist who fully appreciates his responsibility to his
passengers and those with whom he shares the highway;

I would characterize a hobby motorist as one who drives as a hobby in
his spare time. And I would expect him to be well trained, skillful and
law abiding.

Stefan