[QUOTE=taupo]
Parnel, have you ever actually flown an aircraft?
Yes
don't call 2 10 min rides in a simulator with someone ready to push the kill switch flying.
Neither do I
I have flown, and by myself. I have flown fixed and rotory wing. I have only flown C152, 172, Fletcher fixed wing, R22, Hughes 300, 500 C/D, Bell 206 and AS 350B2. The speed and inertia in these aircraft are benign compared to a jet.
I have spent many many hours in rotary planes lurking over the hot desert in temps hovering over 45C.I have spent many many hours in twin otters and choppers flying over arctic tundra and Labrador weather conditions. I have spent thousands of hours in heavies over 35 years.
You cannot begin to compare the duties of a big rig driver to that of a pilot. Have you driven big rigs? I drive them for 18 months after I finished school. I know what it is like to drive a big rig. It is very different to flying an aircraft.
No sh!te jose.........my point wasn't the similarity but the need for good reflexes in either mode.
If you have operated both aircraft and trucks, then speak on, if not, go try doing both, then come back and speak of what you know.
I'm speaking on