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. Seissler 
I 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