At last, the truth...

"john smith" wrote in message
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By the way, if you haven't learned it yet, ego will kill you in aviation!

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I know a few that have not gotten a grasp on that one yet. I guess the
same goes for pilots as it does for mechs! No one knows everything about
airplanes, Nobody! There are plenty of people that think they do on both
sides of that (pilots and mechs) . In 22 years I have sure seen the egos!
And alot of them, could it be that some of our attitudes make people not
continue with their pilot training? My wife came down to the airport with me
one day and MAN she just did not like the , as she put it..."holier than
thou" attitude given off by one of the fellows hanging around the flight
school.
Totally turned her off ! How many students have run into this type of
aviation personality, let's face it guys their are ALOT of them,...and said
what a bunch of jerkwads and never gone back? Does the self proclaimed " God
of the sky" egos play a role in drop outs?

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

How many students have run into this type of
aviation personality, let's face it guys their are ALOT of them,...and said
what a bunch of jerkwads and never gone back? Does the self proclaimed " God
of the sky" egos play a role in drop outs?

Wow, that's a hot button topic. Without effort I can name several guys
at our airport that fit the "I am God" pilot description to a "T".

One in particular simply loves to let everyone know that his knowledge
of aviation, aircraft, and all things mechanical is superior to
everyone on the planet. (Actually, it may be, but that's beside the
point), and he has a particularly snide and nasty way of doing it.

Woe unto any new student who should stumble into this guy, because not
only will he come away with the attitude that all pilots are assh*les,
but he will be made to believe that the learning curve in aviation is
far steeper than it really needs to be.

The rest of us have learned to live with the guy (he actually does know
a lot, and -- if you can suffer through the attitude -- it's usually
possible to learn something around him), but it's not been easy.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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