Pilots are idiots???

[Clear-&aMillion]

Avbug once said that most mechanics think pilots are idiots. Why is this? What if you are a mechanic AND a pilot? Does that mean you're only about 50% idiot???

 

[Joshrk22]

It's simple. Mechanics are the ones fixing the plane when the pilots screw it up.

Could use it the other way too though. I've heard pilots say that mechanics are lazy and don't do anything.

And if you are a mechanic and pilot, well..... I guess you are lazy and stupid.:laugh:

 

[Sgt. Hartman]

One hand washes the other. If pilots didn't fly and break airplanes, the mechanics would be out of a job. On the other hand, if the airplanes wern't maintained, we wouldn't be flying them.

 

[Turkey Shoot]

And if you are a mechanic and pilot, well..... I guess you are lazy and stupid.:laugh:

That tears it! I'm heading down to work on my A&P now! To be stupid is fun because nobody expects you to know anything but to be lazy too? Alas, the Promised Land!

 

[DC4boy]

I've never met a mechanic that didn't want to be a pilot....

 

[Fugawe]

Flt attendants say pilots are stupid, nurses say Drs are stupid, clerks say lawyers are stupid -- see a trend here?

Fugawe

 

[Occam's Razor]

Well...

...no flight attendant ever drove and airliner into a mountain.
...no nurse ever cut off the wrong leg.
...no clerk ever goaded a client into suing for a larger settlement.

Right now, THIS stupid pilot is going downstairs to get another beer!

 

[FN FAL]

Avbug once said that most mechanics think pilots are idiots. Why is this? What if you are a mechanic AND a pilot? Does that mean you're only about 50% idiot???

I don't know what it was about that Sienfelt guy, but I always had an inkling to kick his ass...but you'll do in a pinch.





Just kidding! :beer:

 

[RichardRambone]

I respect most the mechanics I meet and am impressed with their patience to fix broke stuff. I feel they offer a wealth of knowledge about the airplanes we fly, more so than the avergae Joe Pilot. But they don't know jack about flying an airplane so I could run circles around what they "think" they know about flying. Like above, one hand washes the other.

 

[av8rbama]

I agree with one hand washing the other. We've got a mechanic about to pull his hair out over electrical gremlins in our 210, amps are fluctuating so much you can see it in the dash lights and it's causing problems with the camera.

This same mechanic and I flew back from dropping a couple of guys off to pick up a citation a couple of weeks ago. He asked if he could fly left seat, I said no problem. Turns out, he's got about 1000 hours but never took the checkride and made a better landing than I've made in 2 months.

This guy completely understands that if our planes don't fly, we don't make money and they don't sell fuel and mx hours and parts and in turn they don't make money.

I tip my hat to mechanics for fixing what we break.

 

[Joshrk22]

I tip my hat to mechanics for fixing what we break.

As do I. Amen Brotha

 

[Fugawe]

Well...

...no flight attendant ever drove and airliner into a mountain.
...no nurse ever cut off the wrong leg.
...no clerk ever goaded a client into suing for a larger settlement.

Right now,

THIS stupid pilot is going downstairs to get another beer!

OK, I'll play a little:
--no flt att ever saved an airborne jet with a problem, and all the souls on board (except in the movies)
--no nurse ever performed life-saving cardiac surgery
--lawyers.....well actually I"ve never figured out a good use for them

Fugawe

 

[pgcfii2002]

HA....I guess if pilots did not break things, mechanics wouldn't need to fix them. Talk about job security.

 

[FN FAL]

HA....I guess if pilots did not break things, mechanics wouldn't need to fix them. Talk about job security.

That's what I tell the cops when they pull me over and ask me, "Do you know why I pulled you over?"

"Uhhhhhhh, job security?"

 

[banned username 1]

Good one! Might as well have fun with them because they're going to give you the ticket anyway.

Have a good weekend all!

 

[FN FAL]

Good one! Might as well have fun with them because they're going to give you the ticket anyway.

Really? Sucks to live in your police state.

 

[avbug]

I've never met a mechanic that didn't want to be a pilot....

You haven't met many, then. I've certainly known more than a few who couldn't care less about flying. A lot of pilots seem to have the impression that the maintenance side of the house (as well as all other aspects of aviation) are for people who couldn't cut it or make it as a pilot. Arrogance.

A lot of folks work in the industry who are quite happy with their own profession, which is every bit as legitimate (and in the case of maintenance, far more involved) than piloting.

Take mechanics out of the equation...about 90% of the pilots out there aren't worth their weight in wet salt.

I can say the same about a fair few mechanics, too.

The segment of each group that isn't worth much always thinks they're top of their game. Go figure.

 

[Hung Start]

I once had a crusty old retired airline guy tell me " a good mechanic MAKES a great pilot".
Think about it.

Hung

 

[mar]

It takes all kinds

In my experience there are two kinds:

Two kinds of mechanics:

1) As the pilot approaches him he makes no eye contact and when forced to interact lets out a sigh as if to say, "Why are you bothering me with this?"

2) When faced with a problem approaches it like a puzzle. Wants to get to the bottom of it. Asks the pilot to hand him tools.

Two kinds of pilots:

1) We break it; you fix it. (Ham-handed, clutzy, all thumbs)

2) The artist; the musician; the lover (finger tips, just finger tips)

Be smoooth.

 

[pilotyip]

When mechanics think pilot's are really stupid, is when the pilots tell the mechanic how to fix the broken thing. Nothing worse than a pilot who is not mechanic acting like he is a mechanic.