Irlandes
If I read that someone who's a pilot is killed in a car crash I'm interested that he was a pilot, maybe wonder where he worked etc but if I didn't know him, it's just another sad car accident.
If I read that a helicopter pilot is killed in a helicopter crash it hits me more, even if I didn't know him personally.
Ilogical? To you maybe, but not to me, and not to most helicopter pilots.
We're a small community and it's just human nature to be hit harder when one of your own is killed doing the same job.
Of course I feel sad about people being killed in Rwanda. But I don't identify personally with them in the same way.
If you can't understand the difference I suspect you're either not a professional pilot, or you're an exception.
And if you're not a professional pilot, please remember Rotorheads is a forum where those of us who are talk to each other, just like we do in the crewroom.
Last edited by Hoverman; 18th July 2002 at 18:09.