Re: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions ????


"Robert Chambers" <rmchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BGD6f.1681$Y61.669@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dudley, I've found over the years of reading this newsgroup and others
> that the majority of what you read needs to be taken with more than a
> hefty pinch of salt.
>
> I'd tend to believe you, and of course Gene Whitt more than someone that
> hasn't had as much experience. I don't know if you or Gene for that
> matter are as experienced as you appear to be but judging from Gene's web
> site and the volume of superb information that has come out of his
> writings - that's proof enough for me. Nothing you have said (Dudley)
> leads me to believe you haven't done all the things you say you have.
>
> Ok, that stuff aside. Steve aka NW PILOT has written about some fairly
> stupid things he claims to have done. Some of them made me think "wow,
> that was pretty risky" but I don't know if he actually did all the things
> he said. Even if he did, he's clearly working on furthering his education
> and ratings. If he has a reckless attitude to flying when he does it for
> a living, he won't be making much of a living at it. I'll give him the
> benefit of the doubt and hope that now he's a bit wiser he won't be as
> inclined to pull daft stunts he claims to have done earlier.
>
> I've been told that the plane I fly (Grumman Tiger) is a pretty decent
> aerobatic plane. I've read stories of how people have spun them, rolled
> them, etc.. none of which it is certificated for. That doesn't mean that
> I automatically think "whoever wrote that is a real moron" - they could
> have tons more experience than me, if Bob Hoover told me, "I can show you
> something you didn't think your plane can do" I'd believe him, he's
> forgotten more about flying than I'll probably ever know.
>
> Except for the fly-ins, the majority of us will never get to meet face to
> face so I have a hard time taking too seriously what people say here.
>
> The only thing I will say is that on a student newsgroup some
> irresponsible posting could do potential damage to a new impressionable
> student reading it. Luckily for this newsgroup we do have a lot of well
> seasoned pilots willing to jump in and inject some sanity into the
> conversation. It sort of polices itself which I think is just fine.
>
> Just my 2cents.. and like everything else on the internet, my opinion is
> worth what you paid for it.
>
> Robert

I'm never quite sure how I want to handle these "you might be what you seem
to be or you might not" posts so I usually just pass on them.
As for your comment and your approach to me personally;
Anyone reading posts on any newsgroup that deal with a subject as highly
specialized as flight instruction will learn soon enough whether the posts
are accurate or flawed through the natural process of filtration of the
posts both on and off the group as experts in the field comment on content
whether or not the poster is genuine or fake.
This process of filtration is the mainstay for determining accuracy or
inaccuracy of all posts made on newsgroups such as this one by any so called
"expert".
In other words, no one supplying inaccurate information and data on these
groups can survive over any protracted period of time without being
"discovered".
So my "experience" or "what I say I am" whatever the hell that means :-)
means absolutely nothing. It's the information that either survives or
perishes on Usenet. The individual survives only on valid credentials, and
these credentials show up not as self stated "accomplishments" or
"experience" but rather on the quality of the data put out here.
As for your comment that any decision on NW PILOT would be inaccurate based
only on his postings since no one had actually flown with him or knew him
personally; I simply disagree with that analysis.
As I've already said, it's quite possible to make a sound judgment based on
what someone writes and the manner in which it's written. Again, this
statement doesn't hold water because it's me making it. It will either stand
up or fail on it's merit as correct information.
Pertaining to the majority of the comment about me in your post; again, it's
not what you believe or don't believe coming from myself or Gene Whitt or
anyone else that matter. If the information is flawed, it always comes out
in the wash.
If there's one sentence I could paste in every one of the posts I have made
on this newsgroup through the years it would be the following;

"Take this information to a competent authority of your choice and verify
it's validity or inaccuracy. Then come back here and we'll toss it around
some more :-)"
Dudley Henriques


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