Originally Posted by
MaxR
aa777888 You seem very erudite, level-headed, knowledgeable, even-tempered and reasonable. Are you sure you're well suited to posting on Pprune? Seriously, thanks for the interesting insights.
MaxR, you most eloquently summed up my response to
aa777888's last post! Truth is many of us have diverse backgrounds/experiences which all, strangely, end up with the same goal - transporting people safely from A to B without killing them, us or innocent bystanders - but, as
aa777888 observes, those differences lead to our own bias/comfort zones. Tis the way it is! My respect for RW pilots is immense - my memory of the SAR we launched one night to escort a "sickie" 90+ miles back to "Mum" returning to "Mum", only now being escorted by the "sickie" as that was now "more S" than the SAR now was still haunts me! I was glad when that Watch ended!
I've often wondered how one gets such opinionated views on here PPRuNe - and my view is this:- many/most of us have/had responsibility for that goal - often relying on split-second decisions to continue/go around or passing that job off as being good to go despite the 100's of maintenance steps, many of which were conducted in a workshop maybe 1000's of miles away when a component was serviced, and over which we had no control. Not many jobs out there where you need that ability, or rather the confidence, in being able to make those decisions - or to invite the wrath of management by calling "Time" to consider this or that.
To work in a profession where, as engineer or pilot, we could so easily kill, and yet we take it for granted - is something! Makes us all a bit odd really - but in the best way as, ultimately, whatever we do, the goal is exactly the same! And we should always question, or feel free to ask. How many things have come to light due to that "damn fool question" someone asked? On more than one occasion, a "throw-away" line alerted people to a problem. Upon such bricks, aviation thrives!
And, in all of this, you may gather, I do propose
H 'n' H as being odder than most - why do you think I took on the name?!!!! As the saying goes "Suits you, Sir!"!
Stay safe one and all, whatever we get up to! Cheers,
H 'n' H