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Old 1st Dec 2010, 16:59
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PAXboy
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I saw the OP just minutes after it was posted and decided to sit back and enjoy the ride. OK, assuming that the OP is not Trolling ...

Most folks want to reduce risk in their lives - like the Americans want to use robots and drones to fight their wars and not have so many troops on the front line. It won't work but they are finding that our the hard way. So I think I understand what you are about but the best option is to choose very carefully your AIRLINE and the COUNTRY in which it is based and, possibly, who does their maintenance.

If I make a mistake in my job, whilst no one dies, it is certain that the people who witness the mistake will remember it for ever. I know, because I have made mistakes.

I have been doing my particular job for 19.5 years. I have also trained more than 100 people to do this highly specialised job, which involves some very delicate situations in human lives. I have spoken at international conferences and been interviewed live on Newsnight etc. On paper, I'm one of the most experienced people in the UK at what I do and, Yes, many people ask for me by name. People alter their arrangements to fit in with my availability. This is not bragging but fact.

BUT BUT BUT
I tell people, "Just because I'm experienced, doesn't mean I'm any good." I have to be good each and every time and, sometimes, I go home knowing that I have not done my best. But, to use the popular phrase, 'we all walked away from it'.

I have seen newer people than me doing brilliantly as much as I've seen old timers simply cranking the handle and turning out dross. This applies to every aspect of human activity.
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