Doze I cannot argue that. However, should sides be taken, I am available. One cannot have it both ways.
What is "HERE"? I think that as an engineer, you favor the TECH aspect, That is on the other thread. Bless you, I think that is appropriate. I am trying to fold my opinions into the frame, I promise you.
You are so on target, but we are humans, and have not the discipline I think you want/expect.
It is this lack of discipline and constant harping that prevented a career in the line. Guilty!
The career choice was my decision. I ended up in independent aeronautical pursuit, and I have held the gift. It is a gift, it is not a right, nor even a grant. It is a gift, and due the sacrifices of those before us whose names I cannot remember, it is not "inherently dangerous".
It is safe, when practiced with reason, and dare I say, Profitable?