Originally Posted by Chuck_Ellsworth::
My guess is a lot of pilots are satisfied with mediocrity because anything higher is just to difficult for them.
The above statement I made was maybe a little to simplistic, however as Silvaire1 said below the new age attitude of teaching in schools that everyone is a winner and no one should feel left out regardless of how much or how little effort they put into the game they should all get first prize....we wouldn't want anyone feeling inferior or left out would we?
During the post-war period of interest many societies have attempted to make everything in society a paint-by-numbers 'program' versus a creative, personal journey with outcome depending on performance.
Striving to be the best one can will pay off in the end....especially in flying where mistakes can be fatal.
I do not look at myself as this guy suggested.
Get a kick out of being a skygod with that one Chuck?
Quite to the contrary, I like to think of myself as a retired professional pilot who can now live quite comfortably on the money I made being a professional pilot rather than having just been content with mediocrity.
