PSA: Don't be rude on the radio

On May 10, 10:12 pm, Blanche wrote:
buttman wrote:
Is this a joke? Are you being intentionally obtuse? Can you read?
Assuming you can, go back and read the first sentence I wrote.

I know I could have handled that situation a little better. Hindsight
is always 20/20. I accept full responsibility for me turning in front
of him. I have never said anything to the contrary. What on earth
makes you think I'm making excuses?

Are you saying the Cirrus guy was in the right to say what he said on
the radio? You think what I did gave him the right to act as
unprofessionally as he did? Or do you think what he said and how he
said it was indeed professional?

Stop whining and get a thicker skin. It happens. So what? You expect
everyone around you to be explicit adherents to Miss Manners?


I'm not whining. I started this thread to make others aware that being
a jackass over the radio is not at all constructive. I just used those
three events to make my point. People make threads like this all the
time here. It's a subject matter that I felt needed some attention, so
I thought I'd write up some experiences I have and get a discussion
going. Sheesh, I thought people would actually appreciate my effort.
Silly me. Next time I just won't bother, would that make you happier?

Not only that, all we have read is your perception of the event.

I give the Cirrus guy total benefit of the doubt. Maybe he is normally
a very nice guy who is never short with people. Maybe he was having a
bad day, and me turning in front of him (for the 10th time I agree was
totally my fault) caused him to snap. I didn't snap back at him
(something I'd NEVER do), nor did I feel it necessary to peruse the
matter further with him. The fact of the matter is, I handled the
resulting situation professionally, he did not. When something like
that happens, both parties must act responsibly no matter which one
"caused" the situation in the first place. Heck, I've had people pull
out in front me a few times. Did I overreact? No. Even though I may
have had the "right" to get all snappy.

And following Dudley's train of thought - can you prove you're a CFI?

And what would my CFI number add to the discussion? Why does it even
matter? If you don't believe I really have a CFI then you can go right
on ahead and believe that. It doesn't change what I wrote one bit. You
should judge me by my words, not my credentials. Thats the thing that
****es me off about this group; people think having credentials
automatically makes your word concrete. In the other thread I made a
few weeks ago in r.a.s it was the same way. People just came in and
said "I've been an instructor for thirty years and I say its unsafe,
END OF DISCUSSION" without providing any real arguments. I'm here to
argue and debate, not play the stupid "who has the biggest e-penis"
game. Anyways, even if I did give my CFI number/name people would just
say I made the number up...