Originally Posted by
LeftWing
I agree with your advice. However, I have to ask about what I highlighted in bold. Aren't you just as guilty as said jackass by implying that your bigger airplane is better? How do you know that they wish they could see any of the things you see? No matter how much bigger your airplane and no matter how many things you see that you think other people wish they could, doesn't necessarily mean that you're envied.
Sometimes people are content with flying a smaller airplane locally and to them, it might be "better" to being away from home for a couple or three weeks.
ahhhh - touche. This was based on a generalization of what I perceive the typical mentality of an aspiring professional pilot to be or type A hotshot (everyone knows what I am talking about). I leaned in the direction that the bigger the plane the better, when I was younger, and apparently still do a little bit, although I thought I had mostly pulled away from that - I love flying anything I can get my hands on. I will still stand by my example, though, with the folks I am generalizing.