This was your quote:

I fail to see the reasoning behind demonstrating my FAR/AIM research
skills, as it pertains to my ability to fly safely. I see that it is
recommended to bring the book to the ride, but since I've had no need to
crack open the thing in my last 4 years of flying, I don't see the point.
I think a DE should test the real world, not abstract FAA mumbo jumbo.

The implication is that it is a waste for you to even own a copy because
you have had no need to use it, and it does not represent the "real world".
To you it is abstract FAA mumbo jumbo.

I don't think I mischaracterized or distorted what you said at all.

One of the things I don't like on Usenet is that people write things that
they didn't really mean or think through, and then get insulted when
someone else takes it for what it says without somehow knowing that the
author didn't really mean it...

Admittedly, I have done it too. But I try not to take it so seriously when
someone else reiterates my comments and all of a sudden they don't sound so
good anymore.


Anyway, good luck on your test. I just got my Instrument Rating in
February. I brought my FAR/AIM along, and the DE not only grilled me until
he could catch me on something I didn't know, but he kept going until he
found something that I didn't even know where to look up. When I went to
the FAR/AIM, though, we used his copy, not mine...




Wizard of Draws wrote in
news:BCC254B4.E5AF%jeffbREMOVE@REMOVEwizardofdraws .com:

On 5/8/04 2:53 AM, in article
, "Judah"
wrote:


I guess my thought was the guy was already claiming that he would
never have a reason to open the book in real life, so the thought that
he would consider buying an updated version seemed unlikely...


One of the reasons I dislike getting into long discussions on Usenet is
that any position quickly becomes mischaracterized, misquoted or
grossly distorted, because people are unable or unwilling to *read*
what was actually written.
It's extremely odd to me that pilots can be so anal retentive in so
many aspects, yet when it comes to reading comprehension in newsgroups,
they fail so miserably.

Judah, please reread my post that you "quoted" from. Pay particular
attention to the tense that I used and compare it to the tense that you
place my statements in.

That said, I will take the advice given here and take a current FAR/AIM
to my checkride when it is scheduled.