Are pilots mostly first born children?
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Time to upset the trand ala chequesticks.
Youngest of two. Female (eek!). Gemini. Not a musician. Elder brother is a soldier (what?!).
Don't know if I count as I'm a wannabe, but got my place/training sorted out. I figure younger siblings don't fly as they are inherently scared of brothers/sisters beating/ biting/ punching them if they tried to do better than the elders. Thus there is a general ethos of 'make do'.
(Except among the few of us who were real rebels and want to shove it up big sib's over pompose @rse, after all those years of setting favoutrite teddy on fire.)
Help. I think I'm dangerously close to opening fire on a bus full of Nuns. Sort than one out Sigmund.
Youngest of two. Female (eek!). Gemini. Not a musician. Elder brother is a soldier (what?!).
Don't know if I count as I'm a wannabe, but got my place/training sorted out. I figure younger siblings don't fly as they are inherently scared of brothers/sisters beating/ biting/ punching them if they tried to do better than the elders. Thus there is a general ethos of 'make do'.
(Except among the few of us who were real rebels and want to shove it up big sib's over pompose @rse, after all those years of setting favoutrite teddy on fire.)
Help. I think I'm dangerously close to opening fire on a bus full of Nuns. Sort than one out Sigmund.
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Yougest of 3. I wonder if I decided that, as I couldn't win with fists on the ground, I'd get into something that dropped bombs and fired guns, rockets and missiles?!?!?!?
Yak, can I borrow Sigmund when he's finished with you?? And to follow up one of your posts on another thread --- are you really pretty and blonde??? (That's not why I e-mailed my support to you on yet another matter though!)
Yak, can I borrow Sigmund when he's finished with you?? And to follow up one of your posts on another thread --- are you really pretty and blonde??? (That's not why I e-mailed my support to you on yet another matter though!)
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Quite a few youngest childs too. Are you guys
the fighter pilots/ aerobatic/helicopter types.
Of course while there seems to be a
preponderance of first borns the desire to
fly isn't just confined to them. I believe that
I would have wanted to fly whether I was
first, middle or last, male or female but it's
hard to prove.
And Sigmund is available for all your personal
problems especially the juicy......sorry emotional
ones.
the fighter pilots/ aerobatic/helicopter types.
Of course while there seems to be a
preponderance of first borns the desire to
fly isn't just confined to them. I believe that
I would have wanted to fly whether I was
first, middle or last, male or female but it's
hard to prove.
And Sigmund is available for all your personal
problems especially the juicy......sorry emotional
ones.
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Wholigan
Wouldn't accuse myself of being a "fighter" jock - I'm cursed with the F3. But the pilots on my unit, between us, have 18 girls and 3 boys (figures correct at time of going to press; us top-gun types get quite a lot of nookie!!!) Sigmund?
Wouldn't accuse myself of being a "fighter" jock - I'm cursed with the F3. But the pilots on my unit, between us, have 18 girls and 3 boys (figures correct at time of going to press; us top-gun types get quite a lot of nookie!!!) Sigmund?
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Ja Ja, fighter piloten haf many female jung kinder
but ze anzwer ist not psychological but
physiological. Excessive G force acting on ze
ahem joystick has this effect. Zis is a well known
phenomenom But normal piloten do not haf much
in the way of G forces zo zis
preponderance of frauleins ist not seen.
Zis explains why zo many junge frauleins
vant to be piloten. Ze are alle daughters of
fighter piloten.
Az fur ze fighter pilots ego, vell zat is due to
overcompensation for poor equipment, The
size of the ego is directly and inversely related
to size of joystick.
Sigmund
but ze anzwer ist not psychological but
physiological. Excessive G force acting on ze
ahem joystick has this effect. Zis is a well known
phenomenom But normal piloten do not haf much
in the way of G forces zo zis
preponderance of frauleins ist not seen.
Zis explains why zo many junge frauleins
vant to be piloten. Ze are alle daughters of
fighter piloten.
Az fur ze fighter pilots ego, vell zat is due to
overcompensation for poor equipment, The
size of the ego is directly and inversely related
to size of joystick.
Sigmund
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There is a positive wealth of data on this topic.
The basic conclusion is that first born children do form a statistically significant proportion of pilots. This has been an accepted truth of most Uni Psychology departments for years.
Reasons are numerous. First borns tend to be more successful. Becoming a pilot is deemed as being successful by society (don't let on its all money for old rope, young hosties and cheap beer for Gawds sake!). Older siblings have higher self esteem, social confidence and desire to leads; psychometirc traits found to be high in line pilots in both military and civil operations.
You'll find load of dats to back this up. I cite, but in no means exclusively:
Sherman, 1995;
Sherman, Helmreich, Smith, Wiener, and Merritt, 1992; Gras,
Moricot, and Poirot-Delpech, 1989; Rogers, Tenney, and Pew,
1991; Tenney, Rogers, and Pew, 1988; Sarter (1991); Woods and Sarter (1992);
Madigan and D.Tsang, 1992
Do a psychology degree, it enables you to study pilots, flighdecks and ergonimics whilst still leaving enough time to be the hardest drinking member of the Geology society. Which is saying something, in Norht Staffordshire!!
Regards,
WWWelshmam
The basic conclusion is that first born children do form a statistically significant proportion of pilots. This has been an accepted truth of most Uni Psychology departments for years.
Reasons are numerous. First borns tend to be more successful. Becoming a pilot is deemed as being successful by society (don't let on its all money for old rope, young hosties and cheap beer for Gawds sake!). Older siblings have higher self esteem, social confidence and desire to leads; psychometirc traits found to be high in line pilots in both military and civil operations.
You'll find load of dats to back this up. I cite, but in no means exclusively:
Sherman, 1995;
Sherman, Helmreich, Smith, Wiener, and Merritt, 1992; Gras,
Moricot, and Poirot-Delpech, 1989; Rogers, Tenney, and Pew,
1991; Tenney, Rogers, and Pew, 1988; Sarter (1991); Woods and Sarter (1992);
Madigan and D.Tsang, 1992
Do a psychology degree, it enables you to study pilots, flighdecks and ergonimics whilst still leaving enough time to be the hardest drinking member of the Geology society. Which is saying something, in Norht Staffordshire!!
Regards,
WWWelshmam
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Whooligan
Brunette actually, and no way am I going to let the men on the flight carry my gear. Must be single-minded determination inherited from the Russian lineage. Not that that's a suggestion of shocking eastern-european good looks or anything.......
Sigmund - Was sind ze phsyiological effects of ze massively inflated FJ ego, on ze female fighter-pilots/ Navigators?
Brunette actually, and no way am I going to let the men on the flight carry my gear. Must be single-minded determination inherited from the Russian lineage. Not that that's a suggestion of shocking eastern-european good looks or anything.......
Sigmund - Was sind ze phsyiological effects of ze massively inflated FJ ego, on ze female fighter-pilots/ Navigators?
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Mein Gott, YakYak voor englisch ist appaling
But I understand perfectly.
Unfortunately I cannot say, particularly as I
have been dead for some time now.
But I suspect that the current crop of
female FJ's are the guinea pigs for this
research.
As for ze sexual aspects well I must
research that.
Ach meine Englisch ist improved.......
Oh verdamdt there it goes again.
Sigmund
But I understand perfectly.
Unfortunately I cannot say, particularly as I
have been dead for some time now.
But I suspect that the current crop of
female FJ's are the guinea pigs for this
research.
As for ze sexual aspects well I must
research that.
Ach meine Englisch ist improved.......
Oh verdamdt there it goes again.
Sigmund
3rd of 3. Eldest is a Doctor, middle is a Chemical Engineer (I am the only one in my family without at least one degree.)
Music: Can't play a note, don't own a CD player, drive with the radio off.
Sign: Virgo (who cares?)
Equestrain/motorcycles: last time I was on a horse (a Shetland pony) I was a 6 foot 15 yo, and I fell off. Don't ride motorcycles either.
Do fly aeros though
Music: Can't play a note, don't own a CD player, drive with the radio off.
Sign: Virgo (who cares?)
Equestrain/motorcycles: last time I was on a horse (a Shetland pony) I was a 6 foot 15 yo, and I fell off. Don't ride motorcycles either.
Do fly aeros though
