As an aside, I believe the saying came from the American Indians and was originally
"until you walk a mile in another man's mocasins, you can't imagine the smell..."
Then it became a "do not judge him" thing. But at least if you
do judge him all wrong, then at least you have his mocasins and you're a mile away by then...
PJ why so upset? Just because I pointed out the under-lying smugness beneath the thin veneer of your "conciliatory" post?
I guess I don't have much else to say since you still have your head up your @rsse about auto-pilots being more deserving of salary. Interesting you mention the notion of cash, though, as it now appears you also have an issue with who gets paid what and how much more someone else deserves it.
Sounds like you are definitely a closet pilot-issues case.
And you obviously don't know what a CAT IIIB ILS approach is or you wouldn't be mouthing off, especially if you were a passenger and I wuzz the guy in the front, pushing the buttons because even I'M scared of me doing it. At least,in the SIM where everything always seems to fail.
As for me, I once did a little time at the very bottom of the mechanic food chain. Enough to learn that they prefer to be called Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and that they work harder than the pilots whom I occasionally saw strolling casually about with clean hands.... so I changed paths after a week.
But I don't object to the idea of doing some time in the hangars now and then (provided it doesn't cost me any dough!!!!) and learning more about the machines. Sounds like a good idea to me and would help us appreciate each others roles too.
I learned a lot about what I flew from the engos in GA, some of whom also knew how to fly but were admittedly and understandably a little "ham-fisted," unlike we gifted.
I draw the line at baggage handling though, I did enough of that in the old days.
Hey
PoopJacket, I'm on a layover next week and planning on getting trashed with two LAME mates who are both very very sick individuals. I'll ask if they know you...
