Originally Posted by
stilton
Agree, pilots are often their own worst enemies:
‘a trained monkey could do it’
‘just sit up here and push buttons’
are the sort of inane comments that have a large contingent of the public misunderstand and show contempt for what is still a fine profession, requiring a high level of technical skill, knowledge, good judgment and co -ordination
Impugning your own
profession is not clever
The most frustrating interview I ever had was with a Pan Am 707 captain who's son was a classmate in high school. We had to interview individuals in our occupation of choice. I walked out of his home extremely depressed after 5 minutes. 'It's like driving a bus - if you like that become a bus driver'. And that was in the 1960s. Sad.....