>I agree that the basic drive is not some desire to attain approval from some
>authority or some individual but to *know* that one continues to make the
>needles match up...the true aviator continually strives to meet the highest
>tolerances.
Well said, John. I have to wonder, however, about the tolerances we choose
for ourselves. In terms of technical performance, these can be easy to
find and quite clear. The soft elements of "airmanship" become more
problematic. I suspect that most of us chose role models during our
careers who embodied the "standard" of good airmanship. But what if we do
a very good job of emulating a very bad role model, simply because nobody
ever guided us toward a better alternative? Our career could be forever
tarnished by the self-application of the wrong "airmanship" standard.
Best regards,
Neil Krey
neilkrey_at_why.net
http://users.why.net/neilkrey/