Originally Posted by
JurgenKlopp
Sadly this is widespread in our profession. When I tell friends outside of it some of the harebrained conspiracy cr@p I hear in the cockpit they are left dumb founded. Ron was just dumb enough to shine a spotlight on himself. Maybe Vladimer can find him a flying job in Russia...
Pilots tend to be smart and educated, but often go through life as an "army of one", without the context and relationships that most educated people get at work, interacting with a bunch of other, often diverse, people in a professional goal-oriented environment.
If you have no context or experience with how organizations (systems of people) naturally work, it's easy to let your imagination run away from you. These days, that gets amplified in the social media bubble of your choice.
Two key points to keep in mind to help you stay at least in the parking lot of the reality ballpark...
1. Occam's Razor
2. Don't automatically attribute to malice, that which can be explained by lethargy or incomptence (ESPECIALLY in regards to anything .gov
)