I agree with you 90% RawData, but speaking for myself only, I'm an Engineer first, an aviator second, and a writer third. Ultimately when I write, it's as an Aeronautical Engineer and Aviator - I call myself a writer occasionally, never a journalist. I'm guessing that this is true of most others here such as Irv or John Farley who are primarily very very able aviators, but also happen to write decent prose and get paid for it.
The closest I've been, or wanted to be, to the front line, was testing kit for the RAF roundabout the last bash. The closest I've been to Fleet Street is buying the Daily Telegraph on Thursdays when the Engineering jobs are in there.
G
N.B. the following has been doing the rounds for at-least a century, but is occasionally worth resurrection:-
One cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God, the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do, unbribed, there's no occasion to.
Last edited by Genghis the Engineer; 9th April 2003 at 14:45.