*** PREVIOUS RESULTS ***
Being a commercial pilot isn't quite as glamorous as it once was.
Given the emphasis on lay-offs and shrinking retirement funds in
recent years, we wondered if there was any romance left for what was
once considered a dream job. So
last week, AVweb asked how many of you still dream of flying the
heavy iron.
Apparently, it's not that many. Only 35% of those who
responded answered with an emphatic YES, the best place for an
office is still in the cockpit.
The rest of you agreed that commercial-jet piloting has lost some
of its mystique — though for different reasons. 10% of you
said the job had lost its appeal because of the shrinking financial
rewards. Another 20% blamed the inescapable politics that have
crept into the cockpit — pilots have to tread carefully among the
agendas of unions, management, and maintenance these days. And
the final 35% of our respondents said that commercial piloting is
just too unstable a career.
*** THIS WEEK'S QUESTION ***
Lightgun signals.
We all have to learn them. Sometimes our instructors even help us
remember them.
Have you ever used them?
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