a long time ago stanford trained a monkey to fly an airplane. as far as im aware the monkey was not a college graduate. sure college isnt a critical requirement for aviation, buts its a another way of distinguishing and adding exclusivity to the pilot profession. it doesnt mean pilots can walk around with their noses in the air waving their college degrees in everyone's face. its selection criteria. it is what it is.
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Ellen
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I am sure that you will see safety being jeopardized in the very near future, and you will see finger pointing as well as airlines sweeping these incidences under the carpet to protect undue regulation and public outcry.
well since on a purely statistical basis on flight frequency, most future accidents will involve RJ's. this means the loss of life will be 1/3 that of a bigger jet. meaning accident rates can be 3 times as high before people start to care. its psychologically more palatable... if you think what i just said was outrageous, prove me wrong.