Originally Posted by
Herod
Maybe a sense of humour failure. The critical word was "professional". Professional enough to keep the right side of dangerous. It was the amateur hooligans who got into trouble.
When I was instructing I would use the mantra "You've got to be good to be gash". After a theatrical pause I'd continue "But if you were good, you wouldn't be gash!"
There are parallels with the F16 female OC thread. I had been told "Rules are for the guidance of the wise" and, while I can understand why such a comment would be made, these days particularly, rules are for everyone, with no exceptions.