In a message to All  Mark Foster wrote:
 MF> What are the opinions of the readers?
It's a question that deserves an answer that takes up more space than a BBS 
message should take, but let try to put my humble opinion in a few lines.
One end of the spectrum was well stated by Archie Bunker when he said "people 
who don't have anything to be ashamed of don't need any privacy."  The truth 
is somewhere less radical than that, but how much less is the question.  As 
for me, if I felt I would get a fair evaluation based on the evidence, I 
wouldn't mind having my performance in the cockpit broadcast live on national 
television (a very boring program indeed).  However, when one sees the 
bizarre things that can happen in courts and other quasi-judicial 
institutions, one tends to be cautious in letting it all hang out.  --  I can 
offer one recent experience that relates to your question.  I was attending 
our annual DPE meeting with the local FSDO.  During the meeting the FSDO told 
us they were going to begin calling the people we had given tests to in an 
effort to identify any problems with the examiners' performance.  I try to 
get feedback on the quality of the work I do and I was glad to hear there 
would be a process to help in this effort.  However, several of the examiners 
raised objection to the plan.  (Bear with me while I back up a little bit. 
Every examiner I know is qualified, experienced, and capable of performing 
the duties.  As with any endeavor, some are better at executing their duties 
than others.  So, for the purpose of discussion, let's just say the examiners 
ran from the C to the A+ range.)  At any rate, the interesting thing is that 
the volume and strength of the individual's objection was inversely 
proportional to their "grade."  Not very scientific, but interesting.  (There 
is a line in Shakespeare, which as I recall is "me doth think the lady 
protests too loudly."
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