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I think I could trust a pilot who has as much to lose as I do. Of even more concern to the pilot, I know what it's like to personally ride on the nosecone of the infernal contraption. Four hundred thousand pounds, thirty-two million, whats the difference after the first hundred thousand behind a man? At least I don't have passengers to worry about, just a load of coal.
I look over my little machine before board, something pretty hard to do with todays huge jets. But still, I worry more about the competence, and especially lack of incentive, of guys who are not riding with me. Like lax management and lax major mechanical inspections.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/...lowers_hearing )
Like an acquaintance used to say, "Only two things fall out of the sky. Fools and bird$hit". Not that I'm afraid to fly ...just sometimes insuring my odds of landing OK. It's always nice when something doesn't come loose at a bad time.
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