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From: Eeyore on 18 Jun 2008 13:58 Brimstone wrote: > Hiram wrote: > > "Brimstone" wrote: > > > >>> The point I'm trying to make is - flying an aircraft is harder than > >>> driving a truck. Much harder. > >> > >> How so, are there idiots in small runabouts, traffic lights, > >> roundabouts and pedestrians with a death wish at 10,000 ft as well?- > > > > OK, let me specify something here. > > > > Flying an aircraft is 'intellectually' harder than driving a truck. > > > > Happy now? > > No. How so ? Graham
From: Brimstone on 18 Jun 2008 14:08 Eeyore wrote: > Brimstone wrote: > >> Hiram wrote: >>> "Brimstone" wrote: >>> >>>>> The point I'm trying to make is - flying an aircraft is harder >>>>> than driving a truck. Much harder. >>>> >>>> How so, are there idiots in small runabouts, traffic lights, >>>> roundabouts and pedestrians with a death wish at 10,000 ft as >>>> well?- >>> >>> OK, let me specify something here. >>> >>> Flying an aircraft is 'intellectually' harder than driving a truck. >>> >>> Happy now? >> >> No. > > How so ? > If flying was more intellectualy challenging than driving a road vehicle then we wouldn't have computers controlling aircraft.
From: Eeyore on 18 Jun 2008 14:12 Hiram wrote: > "Mike G" <met...(a)largefoot.com> wrote: > > > > I would agree that flying a passenger jet is harder than driving > > a truck, but flying a light aircraft is relatively easy. > > Yeah, I think we can agree on that. Yup. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Jun 2008 14:13 Brimstone wrote: > Hiram wrote: > > "Mike G" <met...(a)largefoot.com> wrote: > >> > >> I would agree that flying a passenger jet is harder than driving > >> a truck, but flying a light aircraft is relatively easy. > > > > Yeah, I think we can agree on that. > > Thus flying a plane is not (necessarily) harder than driving a lorry. We weren't discussing flying 'a plane' vs driving a lorry but an *airliner*. Do please pay attention. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Jun 2008 14:17
Conor wrote: > Martin says... > > >>Non of them stop an aircraft from being able to fly. All they do is > > >>mean the FAA grounds it for not meeting required test items. > > > > Why does it bother the Fleet Air Arm? Oh the septics FAA > > Eeyore is quite funny. I guess he is trying to justify the large amount > of money he has spent. Harping on about legalities preventing someone > from flying is quite funny, especially when you consider Air America > operated a fleet of a model of aircraft quite successfully which the > FAA had banned on safety grounds. Cite ? Air America wasn't a real airline anyway. It was a CIA operation. I think you've been watching too many flyboy films. Graham |