Aviation is too expensive

"Steven Barnes" writes:

"H.J." wrote in message
...
Actually getting a pilot license isn't any harder than getting Microsoft
Certified (MCSE), or getting a real estate license. (speaking effort-wise
and time-wise)
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I spent *QUITE* a bit more time, money & effort getting my ASEL than I did
my MCSD. Plus, I've never known anyone who got killed when a program didn't
compile correctly. Airplanes can kill you quick, if you don't stay ahead of
the game.

Of course my programs have been know to "stall" occasionally.....

Well, I've never worked on software that could kill people if it
didn't *complie* correctly either -- but I've worked on software that
could kill people if it didn't *work* correctly. Then again, *that*
sort of software isn't written by people with Microsoft certifications
:-).

(Honeywell GPS groundstation software, for a brief period in 1996;
it's even aviation-related!)
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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
...

I spent *QUITE* a bit more time, money & effort getting my ASEL than I
did
my MCSD. Plus, I've never known anyone who got killed when a program
didn't
compile correctly. Airplanes can kill you quick, if you don't stay ahead
of
the game.

Of course my programs have been know to "stall" occasionally.....

Well, I've never worked on software that could kill people if it
didn't *complie* correctly either -- but I've worked on software that
could kill people if it didn't *work* correctly. Then again, *that*
sort of software isn't written by people with Microsoft certifications
:-).

(Honeywell GPS groundstation software, for a brief period in 1996;
it's even aviation-related!)

I spent 17 years as an IT project manager, and I'm unwilling to use most ANY
software to even balance my checkbook :~)