Becoming Airmen..

Mr Pilot today had some very wise words for us.

Mr Pilot
- "You men, are not here to be pilots; you should not want to be pilots, you are here to be 'Airmen'! That is what you must aspire to be, not just a pilot. Pilots cause accidents, Airmen prevent accidents."

This was very inspirational stuff and you could see his words resonating within each of us in the classroom. He continued;

- "Before I get on a commercial jet, I listen to the names of the pilots; if I recognise any of the names, I ain't gettin' on..!"

(Mr Pilot is a West-Countryman, so this is how he said it..!)

- "Do any of you know who Bob Hoover is? No?!(with a very surprised look on his face) How about Chuck Yeager?" He then went on listing names of these legnedary Airmen.

- "Well when you get home, google these names and find one which you most aspire to be like. These guys are such great pilots, they could fly the box the planes came in..! You want to be like these guys!"

He was right, I want to be like those guys..