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Seneca Pilot
And never touch any surface touched by any other person without sanitizing your hands.
And never touch the mask unless you throw it away, sanitize your hands, and replace it with a new one.
And never eat food touched by another person unless you can verify that they, sanitized their hands, are wearing a mask that they never touched, aren't infected and sneezed/breathed on your food, or touched a contaminated surface and then your food without first sanitizing their hands.
And never touch a door handle without sanitizing your hands.
And never touch a surface in the airport or your aircraft without sanitizing your hands, making sure to not accidently touch your face.
Are you starting to get the problem? Masks are only a solution in specific situations.
Good points. It is pretty much impossible to 'live' without encountering hostile microorganisms. Fortunately, the body has evolved some fairly sophisticated and effective countermeasures.
It has never been a bad idea to wash your hands before touching your face.
Also, it has never been a bad idea to pay for disability insurance (critical that it be specific to pilots). Get a little arrhythmia due to post COVID-19 complications (which incidentally are statistically always avoided with proper
prophylaxis, but that is another argument), retire and enjoy tax free income until you can collect social security.
For the last time: disability insurance seems expensive when you don't need it; so do most insurance products. If you are a professional pilot making a reasonably higher salary than you can make doing whatever else you might be qualified to do and you don't have disability insurance, you are likely one deferred medical from bankruptcy.
I respectfully put forth the notion that placing oneself in that position with knowledge aforethought is utterly moronic. Begin with the premise that you are going to lose your medical long before you turn 65 and plan accordingly. If you manage to keep it, the delta between your salary minus what you paid in disability insurance and the disability payout will still be positive (if it turns negative at a certain age then drop the insurance). Yes, if you roll the dice, don't carry insurance and make it all the way, you will have a little bit more money. But if that is your choice (a statistically foolish one) and you roll 'snake eyes,' don't come whining. You knew it could happen but didn't plan for it. I won't feel sorry for you.
I am not trying to be mean or pedantic. This is very serious business. You don't have to be in this profession long to meet someone who lost a medical. Don't be an idiot; plan for it.
/rant off