Originally Posted by
milehighskyline
I disagree with the part older dudes keep cooler heads in a shi# storm. Both in the sim, plane, and life. I had a x military c130 guy 50+ in age, in the a sim freak out and tell the instructor "we are going to die". This happened more than once and we all had a good laugh. Now he's flying for as a lifer FO. Comes down to personality, not age. If you were in fact a better pilot the older you get then we would all be flying till 120 years old.
I said that they "typically" keep cooler and I based that on having observed many examples of it over a very long period of time whereas you seem to have drawn your conclusion on only one particular guy that you ran into. Your going to have to do a lot better than that to change my mind. Yes, individual personalities absolutely vary. I was talking about older guys in general.
BTW, I'm pretty skeptical about your one example. I've known plenty of mil heavy iron drivers and can't imagine a single one of them ever being afraid of a sim. Sounds like a full crock to me.