"Flying too High" by Steven Pomper

For those of you looking for an afternoon chuckle, here is a quite from the
article ...

" ... the world of private flying is full of these kinds of surprises. It's
the Wild Wild West meets Sherwood Forest stood on its head. Private flyers
are regulated in theory, but hardly supervised in practice. This generally
well-heeled group ..."

Michael

Generally well heeled: I don't think that is a huge leap. Wild Wild West,
well, I agree with that, as does my pilot friend who cannot operate the
GPS (still!). As do many of your fellow pilots, judging by this news
group....

Skylune wrote:

Generally well heeled: I don't think that is a huge leap. Wild Wild West,
well, I agree with that, as does my pilot friend who cannot operate the
GPS (still!).

A GPS isn't required to fly safely. Just because one pilot can't figure
out how to operate a GPS (probably can't get his VCR to stop flashing
'12:00' either) doesn't say anything about the competency of the pilot
population as a whole. But it does explain a lot about your views.


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