Originally Posted by CLT Guy

I have had a guy get on and ask to see the airworthiness certification for the aircraft, and then started asking questions about my history as a pilot. He said that he is a private pilot, and that he has more hours than me (even though I never told him anything about my hours/qualifications), and that he would be in seat 17C if I had any questions for him during the flight.

I am very happy that he came up. I felt more assured that this a**hat in 17C has 5000 hours in a Bonanza, and would be happy to answer questions about flying in a single engine, piston, unpressurized airplane in class G airspace in a single pilot operation. That kind of knowledge could come in very handy.