OLDER PILOTS PERFORM BETTER, STUDY FINDS

Denny writes:

Yup, those young pilots are bigger than me, better looking than me,
faster than me, stronger than me, scan better, have better vision,
better hearing, and multi task faster/better...
So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing
emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing
their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR,
crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings,
and generally giving GA a bad name?

Because the difference between them and you in the characteristics you
describe as being to their advantage is small to nonexistent, whereas the
differences in experience are very large.

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Not surprising. Young car drivers have better coordination and motor skills
than older drivers but take a look at the accident rates for young versus
older drivers. It's not through some fluke that teenage drivers pay a much
higher insurance rate than mature drivers.

Remember the old story about the young bull and the old bull looking down
the hill at a herd of cows? The young bull says "Let's run down the hill
and screw a cow". The old bull says "Let's WALK down the hill and screw
them all"! The exuberance of youth sometimes gets in the way of wisdom.

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Denny writes:

Yup, those young pilots are bigger than me, better looking than me,
faster than me, stronger than me, scan better, have better vision,
better hearing, and multi task faster/better...
So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing
emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing
their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR,
crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings,
and generally giving GA a bad name?

Because the difference between them and you in the characteristics you
describe as being to their advantage is small to nonexistent, whereas the
differences in experience are very large.

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On 3/7/2007 11:00:31 AM, "Denny" wrote:


So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing
emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing
their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR,
crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings,
and generally giving GA a bad name?

Come on... I recall a certain high profile inadvertent thunderstorm
penetration accident that claimed the life of a famous octogenarian pilot
last year.

No one is immune.

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Peter

"Peter R." wrote:

So, why are they the ones getting caught in weather, having icing
emergencies, skidding off taxiways, running out of fuel, crashing
their jet on final approach, busting the ADIZ, punching the DC TFR,
crashing into the ocean on a calm night, hitting apartment buildings,
and generally giving GA a bad name?

Come on... I recall a certain high profile inadvertent thunderstorm
penetration accident that claimed the life of a famous octogenarian pilot
last year.

No one is immune.

Dang!

Just when Denny had me feeling all smug and superior, Peter lets the air out.

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Dan
60 and counting

"Montblack" wrote:


Mmmmmm........this is GREAT news Larry!!! I'll save a fortune on Viagra!!


No need to call a doctor if you remain aloft more than four hours, either.

Haw!

Good one.

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Dan
C172RG at BFM