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In article et, Dudley Henriques wrote:
I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. Are you suggesting even a remote possibility of a perfectly executed flight? I think of it like a law of thermodynamics. You may in theory be able to get close, but perfect ain't ever gonna happen. Morris (figuring Dudley's already come closer than I ever will) |
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In article , Journeyman wrote:
In article et, Dudley Henriques wrote: I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. Are you suggesting even a remote possibility of a perfectly executed flight? I think of it like a law of thermodynamics. You may in theory be able to get close, but perfect ain't ever gonna happen. Hit send a moment before completing the thought. Of course, you'll get closer if you're actually aiming for it. Morris |
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"Journeyman" wrote in message . .. In article et, Dudley Henriques wrote: I like a habit pattern in a pilot that causes him/her to come off a perfectly executed flight thinking about how he could have made it better. Are you suggesting even a remote possibility of a perfectly executed flight? I think of it like a law of thermodynamics. You may in theory be able to get close, but perfect ain't ever gonna happen. No. I'm not suggesting that at all. A "perfectly executed flight" to a pilot should be a relative term that applies to a flight executed successfully with no specific issues and in no way implies a literal meaning for the word "perfect". You could, if you wanted to do so, make an argument for the literal meaning of the word "perfect", but I believe it's fairly obvious what was meant here, so why push for that? Naturally no flight will literally be "perfect". That's the reason you should, as I have already said, make a self evaluation after each flight seeking ways to make the next flight better. If there was no better, there would be no need for self evaluation. Just to be clear I'll restate what I said so that there is no misunderstanding as to what I am saying. Although reaching "literal" perfection as a pilot might not be possible, a pilot should never stop trying to reach perfection, and approach each and every flight seeking this unattainable goal. Dudley Henriques |
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