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Old 22nd May 2004, 04:55
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Well, judging from some of the replies here, I'm more concerned about the level of arrogance shown. The original poster asked a simple and polite question. To some it appeared as just a 'knee jerk reaction' to perceiving two aircraft to be too close. What I'm reading is a worse 'knee jerk reaction' from some (presumeably) professional pilots who are probably more likely to be driving me though the sky than the original poster. The impression is one of sheer arrogant dismissal.... NOT what I, as a passenger, consider a positive attribute in a pilot. Thankfully, others here show a far more sensible attitude.

This theme always crops up, a non-pilot posts some snippet, a rumour perhaps and there's always some 'Cpt. Bolshy of Biggin' waiting to dive in and dismiss (and preferably ridicule whilst he's at it) the temerity of some oik to question anything.


...and as for 'wasting pages' and 'bandwidth', erm...

...what exactly is being 'wasted' ?
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