Willie G
2009-06-03 18:24:55
It is said that there are bold pilots and old pilots, but no old, bold pilots.
The reasoning behind the saying becomes clear upon reflection – flying requires an aversion to risk taking to achieve any professional longevity.
The analogy to piloting the ship of state is accurate…for many of the same reasons.
Such risk-taking by a neophyte, a tyro, an amateur, is madness apparent to all.
“Those whom the gods choose to destroy, they first make mad.”
