United GRU-ORD Divert to MIA to Offload Purser

[Old School Flyer]

Who are the "we" that you have elected yourself to speak for exactly, niged? Yes, you are allowed to come on here and post about a subject that you have no experience in whatsoever and no real knowledge. Because you have been a PAX, does that give you any credibilty to be speaking with such certainty about a subject that you have not been trained in, educated in and have no experience in? You think that makes your opinion (and that is all it is) valid? (My comments apply to letterman as well and others).

You think that you have the right to comment on a profession and dress down Professional Pilots on this forum? When you show a total lack of understand and respect for what all Pilots must endure and what they have sacrificed to get to their position with any carrier, you not only demean them, but you demean yourself. If you had a clue of the education, all the licenses, the ratings, the expense, the sacrifice, the struggles and the total committment, talent, hard work, the years and determination required just to get to first base at an Airline, you would not make such off-hand flippant remarks here.

Those of us who flew in the glory days and then lived through the strikes and walked the lines, deregulation, 9/11 and the demise of our once great industry have walked the walk and talked the talk. You have not.

Those of us who made it to the left seat and have coped with a plethora of issues with our carrier, i.e. bankruptcy, lowering of pay, crumbling pensions, greedy CEOs, and hundreds of other negative changes to our profession that would fill this entire forum, is ON TOP OF being a Pilot In Command. You will never be able to comprehend being in charge of and responsible for thousands of lives, multi-million dollar A/C, your crews, or having often, mere minutes to deal with all the issues that can and do arise with the operation of the A/C, WX, the Crew, the PAX and more, unless you have been there. You will never know the stress, the fatigue, the pressure, the never ending vilgilance, the responsibility, or the daily enduring sacrifice that Pilots experience and the obligation and personal resolve that they make to do the best damn job that they can, each and every day that they fly you off to see your Grandmother.

The Captain has the first, the last and the final responsibility. The joy, the fulfillment of his dreams, the satisfaction, the pride and the burdon, the accountability and the onus are on his shoulders. He is where the operation of the A/C and all of it's entities come together. No human being is perfect. When faced with a difficult situation in which there are several options, look for the most conservative solution. Everyone is subject to making an error in judgement. If you make a mistake, you admit it, correct it, learn from it and move on and resolve to always do better. Never be afraid to seek advice from others. You will not always have the answers. What you will always have, is the responsibility for making all the final decisions, as the Captain. Your quest for excellence never ends. That desire comes from you and you alone.

So when you come on here with such a certain and arrogant know-it-all attitude, and believe you have a legitmate opinion about a subject of which you have neither the education, background, training, knowledge of, true understanding or experience in, you really don't. I am not slamming you nor starting a fight with you or anything of the sort. I am however, trying to educate you.

I have been a reader of this forum for awhile and just recently, a poster. I see a lot of this nonsense going on between the "public" and the Professional Pilots. I felt an obligation to try and explain for you, why this is an issue for many Pilots, in the hope that you might be able to begin to get a grasp of what we mean and how we feel.

If you had come here to ask a polite question or make a comment that has not already been made and rehashed a dozens times already, or if you had really bothered to read this thread throughly and tried to comprehend the posts before commenting, and if you had even begun to realize the limited scope of your actual knowledge, you would have been greeted in a much different and more positive way. I really resent such cavalier and ignorant behavior on here just because anyone on the planet is allowed to post. Along with that freedom should come some semblance, insight and recognition of your own limitations in doing so and not the degradation of Pilots who do know and understand what they are speaking of.