Unscientific survey - why are you a pilot?

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:14:53 -0700, Doug Semler
wrote:

(Trying to steer a thread to the topic of the group g)

A response of mine in another thread got me to thinking (dangerous, I
know) about what makes a person *want* to become a pilot. This has
probably been asked umpteen times before, and will be asked umpteen
times in the future, but I am trying to get a feel for the
psychological aspect that causes a person to WANT to be a pilot. So
this is directed towards non-pilots and students as well. Of course,
every individual is different, but these 2 newsgroups are pretty
directed towards pilots so can be taken as an unscientfic
representative sample.

Because I love to fly.

That's the simple answer. The complete answer is far more complex and
probably not understood by even me. Part of it is the absolute three
dimensional freedom coupled with the absolute responsibility for
myself, my passengers, the airplane and others around me, and
everything on the ground beneath me.

Ron