Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
Yes, it would be cheap indeed to call pilots "immature", "irresponsible", "sociopaths", "automatons", "button-pushing monkeys", and so on. Know anyone who has done that?
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
In my posts I am addressing traits of the profession and not the individual.
Skyhigh
Skyhigh, I'm sorry but I strongly disagree with you.
You make it sound like that as a professional airline pilot, I do not think or make any decisions while on the job. You know this is certainly not the case. Even with automation, flow charts, QRHs, a dispatcher, and a maintenance worker within the push of a button on a cell phone or ACARs, I assure you that we make potential life or death decisions on every flight that.
Your comments and beliefs are what's cheapening this profession.