Originally Posted by
Bob Collins
I have a rule in aviation: No politics, No religion, no primer wars. Aviation is -- or was -- fun for me because it's the one avenue I can escape all the nonsense of talk radio, political ads, and general crap of what passes for public discourse today. AirVenture is always a requirement because for a week, I can immerse myself in people coming together under a common bond, putting aside the differences of day-to-day life and enjoying this fine obsession.
This has all been ruined for me by discussions just like this one, which aren't any different than the political discussions I've thought to escape.
I'm in the news business and for years I've had a saying: "You know what killed the news business? News people."
Now, I think that the people who killed aviation are aviators.
When I read this continuing squabbling, all I can hear in my head is "terrain! terrain! terrain! Pull up."
Let's try to get together and work things out.