the 'voyeur' reference was tongue in cheek
public transport would be a much more pleasant way to travel if more people abided by the useful rule of thumb "keep mouth shut until you have something intelligent to say!"
Travelled a lot on the chube in and around London recently. Not always a pleasant experience. My dear old travel agent in Devonport, Tasmania (East West loco on proone) describes England as his favourite 3rd world country. It is little better in large parts of Sydney and Melbourne.
There's so much that the student pilot can pick up from various websites.
On PPRuNe in the archive if you go hunting there are posts that point you to
very best of books written by the Conrads of the air. When people ask, I always recommend starting with Ann Welch's ACCIDENTS HAPPEN then Alan Bramson's BE A BETTER PILOT (it's never too late PO Prune)
Looking to the broader canvas, for a taste of a brilliant airman's livelong devotion to the air, search out the posts of 'Duke Elegant'. He's dead now. But many of his friends and acquaintances will be thinking RIP Les for a long long time.