Savannah Jet,
Very well said. Ignorance of each others environment is nothing new, it has been so as long as I've been in this business, fam flights or no. Bottom line is there are only a minority on either side of the mike who have an interest in looking over the fence, so to speak. As I look around at the newer recruits, that number gets smaller and smaller by the year. Maybe I'm hanging around in the wrong circles, but I could count on one hand the number of commercial pilots who have ever shown an interest in seeing the aviation world from the other side with all its' peculiarities, pressures and limitations.
The initial replies here would confirm for me that ignorance appears to be bliss for some.
BTW Airbus38 cracking post. In relation to finding that elusive IFR routing below FL120, this one has worked well for me so far
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