Peter Duniho wrote:
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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All you need to fly an airplane is motivation, perseverence, basic
intelligence, money and spare time. We are not talking about becoming a
Chuck Yeager or Niel Armstrong. Anyone with basic intelligence and
basic motor skills can be turned into a basic pilot.

Anyone with basic intelligence and basic motor skills can be turned into
someone who can control an airplane. That does not mean that they can be
turned into a pilot, even a basic one.

Even the lowest levels of FAA certification are beyond the reach of some
people who may well have basic intelligence and basic motor skills.

The point I was trying to make is that flying an airplane is not an
extraordinary skill. Anyone with average capacity can accomplish these
tasks, given enough time, patience and money.

The reason the lowest levels of FAA certificate appear to be beyond
certain individuals is because they lack the discipline and patience
required to reach those goals, not because the skills required are
beyond their capabilities.

Hence I do not believe certain people are 'cut out to be pilots'. That
implies that you have to have some kind of special gift. That may be
the case with people with extraordinary capabilities, such as nobel
laureates and olympic winners, but flying a small airplane around a
traffic pattern is not one of them.