Do I detect more than one self-satisfied toffee-nosed git trying to have a cheap laugh at the expense of truckers?
This reminds me of a certain tutor at a certain ATPL study centre informing the students about to take a mock exam that a failure on this occasion might as well be followed by an application to the London Hackney Cab Office. Having studied for and passed both ATPL's and the Edinburgh Licenced Taxi Drivers test, I can assure you that the cab test was by far the most difficult - 95% being required for a pass, and no multiple choice to jog the memory (or provide the option of a lucky guess)...and as for the London 'Knowledge', God only knows how anyone can hack that!
Morever I suspect that the handling skills involved in the safe control of a large articulated truck, both in terms of manual dexterity and spacial awareness, must compare to those required for just about any civil aircraft in most circumstances.
Whether or not this post is genuine, I fear it is the case that snobby pilots are a much more authentic stereotype than semi-literate truckers.
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Today is a good day for vanity and chasing after the wind.
[This message has been edited by Blackshift (edited 17 January 2001).]