BA> Replying to a message of Ed Hulett to Bob Klahn:

 EH>> Bob Klahn -> Stan Hardegree wrote:
 BS>>>>> Hey Ross, how do you stand on people ignoring
moderator rulings
 BS>>>>> regarding suspensions?

 SH>>>> SV:  Airman can't talk politics, may as well be a busybody.
 SH>>>>  Chatty people are that way, I guess.

 BK>>>  Same for airborne taxi drivers.

 EH>> Are you suggesting that a Cobra pilot is an "airborne taxi
driver?"

 BA> No.  He's saying that all pilots are airborne taxi drivers
 BA> (airline pilots are airborne bus drivers, cargo pilots are
 BA> airborne trash haulers, both are subsets of 'taxi
 BA> drivers').  Very common usage to those of us who have
 BA> served in the military, particularly in the AF.  Helicopter
 BA> pilots are a subset of pilots, obviously.

 You got it. Except that the 'airborne trash haulers' was one I
 hadn't heard. Like it though. Rescue and bomber pilots weren't
 much trouble, but them cargo pilots, a few of them, could be a
 pain.

 As to helicopters:

 Any aircraft where the wings move faster than the the aircraft
 is inherently unsafe.



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