Pilots are idiots???

[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.