@#124 ... But, if you're flying planes how complicated can it be. ...
True story ...
One of my Fraternity Brothers joined the Navy after he graduated and became a Navy fighter pilot.
OK, fast-forward a few years...
I was talking with him at an alumni event at the Frat House. He told be that he was now a pilot of a [major] airline, flying passenger jets. One interesting thing he told me was that the major airlines seemed to prefer hiring fighter pilots and not transport pilots. He told me that the airlines wanted the quick-thinking ability of the fighter pilots, rather than the ~put it on auto-pilot~ approach of the cargo pilots.
Fast forward a few more years ...
I am on this jet going to visit a family member across the Country.
I hear the usual pilot announcement about the flight. But one thing caught my attention, the pilot was my Frat Brother.
So I took the notepad from the seatback in front of me and wrote a note.
When the stewardess walked past my seat, I gave her the folded note and asked her to give the note to the pilot.
I could see the blood drain from her face as she processed my request.
I quickly told her, ~this is OK, read the note.~
She did and gave me a smile. It was a friendly note to a friend.
A few minutes later my Frat Brother, the pilot, walked down the aisle and we talked.
Lesson learned: be careful about notes to give to stewardesses on airlines. :)
Fingers crossed that dotard has a debilitating stroke so his campaign of destroying the America we've known for decades is over.