Originally Posted by
funfly
By 'arrogance' I mean comments about your passengers such as:
If you are prepared to publicly refer to your passengers as above then this does you little credit. I am sure that some of the better pilots contributing to this thread will have felt uncomfortable hearing a colleague referring to passengers like this.
I have every respect for the qualifications of the crew up front and some of the difficulties that you encounter, of course your passengers should take notice of instructions you provide and those who act stupid are stupid, my point is that it is unprofessional to refer to your customers generically, whoever they are, in a derogatory fashion.
You need to get over yourself. "The unwashed masses" is just a casual term referring to any crowd of punters that act in a herd mentality and is hardly limited to aviation.
If it offends you, just don't fly any more. Join the immaculately behaved and groomed passengers on the buses and trains. They'd be happy to have you.