>>1899413One, while I loved aviation, my interest was in the birds, not the associated federal bullshit involved in steering them.
So I watched. I saw a hard landing, that plane was flagged. While it may seem condescending I treated new pilots like toddlers.
Two, we did 25 hour inspections. Those add up fast, and much to the chagrin of my bosses, I would not hesitate to red flag a plane if I found wrinkled/cracked/broken shit.
I treated flying as a religion.
That's a lot of why I eventually got out of it. had a manager tell me to shoot ace hardware pop rivets in the horizontal stab of a Cessna 150.
I invited him to "go fuck himself". He said I might get fired if I did not do so, so I locked my box and rolled it out of the hangar. I have not worked on a plane in 20+ years.
Far too many people are detached from what it means "To Fly"., and what it represents, and treat it as a commodity.
Now? If I have to go somewhere, I drive. If I had the money, I'd own my own plane, and I'd fly, and FUCK the TSA, FAA, ETC.
But, I don't.
