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WillowRun 6-3
Mad (Flt) Scientist - likely you were addressing (1256) a couple posts I set out (1198, 1203).
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But when the public sees "average", the meaning includes some items that are above that level or value, some that are below. And while of course there always will be variations among any quite large population, the implication in the phrasing was too easily that some aviators have to have nominal information sets dumbed-down.
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WillowRun 6-3
Personally, I read "average" in that context to mean
pilots going about their normal transport work (which may include emergencies of course), but not engaged in testing or developing systems or procedures. But I can see that others may have read it differently!