We're getting old, folks...

In article PVKqf.645770$_o.446153@attbi_s71,
Jay Honeck wrote:
First, my wife does not like flying.

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this from a pilot, I'd be rich.

What *is* it with you guys, all hanging around with gals who don't like to
fly?

It didn't really come up in our relationship until much later (we had
been married for a number of years when I finally decided to learn to
fly). If you have to choose between a hobby and your spouse ... well,
I guess the choice is obvious to me. If you had a spouse that didn't
like flying, would that be a deal-breaker for the relationship?

I'm not sure why this is so different now than, say, 20 years ago.
It seems people are a lot more scared of things in general than
they used to be. Maybe that translates into more scared spouses,
and as a result less active pilots.

--Ken

"Ken Hornstein" wrote

I'm not sure why this is so different now than, say, 20 years ago.
It seems people are a lot more scared of things in general than
they used to be. Maybe that translates into more scared spouses,
and as a result less active pilots.

Heck yeah! Shoot, now days, people are afraid to fart. Fear of destroying
the ozone, or not being politically correct, or starting a fire, or of being
sued. Too many lawyers, and judges allowing frivolous law suites!
--
Jim (all for farts) in NC

Ken Hornstein wrote:

It seems people are a lot more scared of things in general than
they used to be.

I think it's cultural, but I cannot quite point out what's been causing the
drift. I know that we in the US take care at a level that is quite out of
place in many other places in the world.

There was this restaurant in Bali, for example, which had open fish tanks in
the floor. The uncareful could walk right into one (as a friend did {8^).
I cannot picture that in the US.

Admittedly, that's likely an artifact of our litigious society. But look at
school buses and seat belts for another example. Hmm...that too could be a
liability issue.

Well, what about certification requirements for aircraft? Collision lights,
shoulder belts, etc. were requirements added only relatively recently.

Fire detectors: as a kid, my homes never had anything of the sort. Now,
they're everywhere I look.

I'm not saying that the extra layers of protection we're adding are bad.
But perhaps there's something else coming along with that: an idea that we
can control the world enough to achieve the mythical concept of "Perfect
Safety".

- Andrew

Jay Honeck wrote:
First, my wife does not like flying.


If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this from a pilot, I'd be rich.

What *is* it with you guys, all hanging around with gals who don't like to
fly?


That's what you get for picking a wife before you pick a hobby. Get your
priorities straight, boys.

She's just along for the ride, anyway.


Jack
(hiding under desk)

Jay Honeck wrote:
First, my wife does not like flying.

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this from a pilot, I'd be rich.

What *is* it with you guys, all hanging around with gals who don't like to
fly?

(This started out being a joke-question, but upon reflection, I think I'll
leave off the "smiley"... It's a damned serious question, really, and gets
to the root of why so many guys ultimately quit flying...)

People always ask Rod Machado what he did to get his wife to fly.
He pushes off the question as long as he can. Finally, he replies:
"You know, I had that problem with my first wife".

Sad, but true. Fortunately, I learned to fly at 21, and after I got
my private pilot certificate, first dates were flying... if she
didn't like flying, there was no second date.

Further, fortunately, my wife's father was a pilot (private, VFR),
so by the time I got her, it was already "normal" to get in an
airplane and go somewhere for the weekend. That was great, so I
married her! We also square dance, ballroom dance ski, camp and
scuba dive. But, she doesn't like fishing... go figure. :-)

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction/mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

--
Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jeratfrii.com http://users.frii.com/jer/
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 235 Young Eagles!

Ripped off from an ancient Gordon Baxter line.

Jim



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People always ask Rod Machado what he did to get his wife to fly.
He pushes off the question as long as he can. Finally, he replies:
"You know, I had that problem with my first wife".

wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

First, my wife does not like flying.


If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this from a pilot, I'd be rich.


What *is* it with you guys, all hanging around with gals who don't like to
fly?


(This started out being a joke-question, but upon reflection, I think I'll
leave off the "smiley"... It's a damned serious question, really, and gets
to the root of why so many guys ultimately quit flying...)


People always ask Rod Machado what he did to get his wife to fly.
He pushes off the question as long as he can. Finally, he replies:
"You know, I had that problem with my first wife".

I heard that from Bax long before Rod. I wonder who originated it?

Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:

I heard that from Bax long before Rod. I wonder who originated it?

Glenn Curtis. :-)

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

wrote:

scuba dive. But, she doesn't like fishing... go figure. :-)

Yeah but have you taken her spearfishing?

scuba dive. But, she doesn't like fishing... go figure. :-)

Yeah but have you taken her spearfishing?

Hey, there is an idea.

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction/mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

--
Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jeratfrii.com http://users.frii.com/jer/
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 235 Young Eagles!