Eternal debates in aviation...

[steveinindy]

Couldn't have said it better. I was elated the day I found this out.

Pilots are the only group where I've literally had an argument with someone then turned around and had that same person less than an hour later offer to go 100 miles out of their way to get me home after my intended ride flaked on me.

[rosiejerryrosie]

Couldn't have said it better. I was elated the day I found this out.

Real life case in point. Two years ago my mechanic was helping me push another airplane back into the community hangar, and, being unfamiliar with the narrow door opening, we put a major ding in the wingtip before I could yell "stop". Repair cost me $2000.00 and the owner was, understandably, a bit 'cool' in his relationship to me. A couple of weeks ago, I had a brake lock up on landing and he was right there to help push my airplane back to the hangar. While we could not be called 'best friends', he was right there when I neded help. That's aviation, WingsAloft, and welcome to the community.

[WingsAloft]

Real life case in point. Two years ago my mechanic was helping me push another airplane back into the community hangar, and, being unfamiliar with the narrow door opening, we put a major ding in the wingtip before I could yell "stop". Repair cost me $2000.00 and the owner was, understandably, a bit 'cool' in his relationship to me. A couple of weeks ago, I had a brake lock up on landing and he was right there to help push my airplane back to the hangar. While we could not be called 'best friends', he was right there when I neded help.

He didn't try to ding back yours? ("OOPS, Jerry! Did I just wreck your wingtip? Looks like you can't make it to the bbq tomorrow! Sorry, my bad!")

That's aviation, WingsAloft, and welcome to the community.

Thankyou, I appreciate that.

[WingsAloft]

Pilots are the only group where I've literally had an argument with someone then turned around and had that same person less than an hour later offer to go 100 miles out of their way to get me home after my intended ride flaked on me.

The last heated discussion I had on the About.com atheism/agnosticism forum slaughterhouse was with someone who happened to be a pilot. When I found this out, I asked him questions about obtaining an IR rating, we totally forgot whatever we were wrangling over, and we were suddenly friendly and cordial; a total 180. I guess the platitudes about the passion of aviation transending differences, has some truth to it.

[Dana]

You'll also see competition pilots loaning their airplane to a competitor (who might well beat them) whose plane may be damaged or otherwise down.