Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Unfortunately, our profession has to deal with this more than most.
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If a guy who writes the journal for his neighborhood association provided this kind of critique of the journalist profession, journalists would rightly respond that the critic had zero credibility. Same with a life guard critiquing cardio thoracic surgeons.
I agree and would add that shouldn't throw out the baby with bathwater - if a passenger wants to critique regarding the passenger experience it is legit. Or if the lifeguard says his cardiothoracic surgeon had poor "bedside manner" that too is legit. As professionals we pay attention to that sort of stuff and improve the system when we can, well, at least I do and we should.
But when he says "all cardiothoracic surgeons don't care about you and only care about golf and buying that porsche" then that is just ignorant, not true, and coming from a med-school dropout makes him sound bitter.
This guy's quote regarding pilots:
Despite the pieties they occasionally utter, pilots do not consciously shoulder the burden of hundreds of lives or feel more responsible for a full airplane than for an empty one.
is horrifically inaccurate and offensive. It is being discussed in another thread too.
Originally Posted by
jcountry
I doubt he meant some of those things quite as literally as they are being taken.
This is correct - I also ascribe a good intent to the article but it comes across as crass.