From: utzoo!decvax!cca!PS@MIT-MC@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.aviation Title: re WSJ articles Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2448 Posted: Wed Aug 4 17:23:44 1982 Received: Thu Aug 5 05:23:58 1982 From: Peter E. SeisslerI was pretty popped after typing all of the article in, so I didn't start with my criticisms. I'll do it in a day or so. The only comment I'd make about your remarks is that can one consider a rought indicator of skill (pattern tightness) to be an indicator of SAFETY? Yes, to some degree. The highly skilled pilot will probably be safe as well. But I don't consider myself to be a highly skilled pilot (my patterns sometimes suck), but I can probably call myself a safe pilot (the airspeed on final may change, but it never gets close to stall; a may negelct right rudder during a climb, but I keep the nose lined up on the runway during landing. When flying VFR, I may occsionally let my altitude stray a few hundred feet (not during IFR though), but I never fly VFR below 2000' AGL); etc.). Anyway, let me detail my complaints and we can talk more. Pete