The dumbing down of aviation.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:02 am
Started decades ago.
TC did a base inspection of my school back in the mid eighties.
The inspector informed me there was no " Exit " signs on the doors of my Cessna 150.
I was dumbfounded and thought he was joking, but no he was serious because they wrote me a letter demanding I get exit signs made and attached to the insides of the doors.
When I sent them a letter advising them that I had complied I also told them that I thought their idea was so innovative I had a set made for my pickup truck in case one of their instructors got in the truck and hoped they approved of my foresight.
They went ballistic and almost had a heart attack claiming I was being disrespectful..... well they got that part right.
TC did a base inspection of my school back in the mid eighties.
The inspector informed me there was no " Exit " signs on the doors of my Cessna 150.
I was dumbfounded and thought he was joking, but no he was serious because they wrote me a letter demanding I get exit signs made and attached to the insides of the doors.
When I sent them a letter advising them that I had complied I also told them that I thought their idea was so innovative I had a set made for my pickup truck in case one of their instructors got in the truck and hoped they approved of my foresight.
They went ballistic and almost had a heart attack claiming I was being disrespectful..... well they got that part right.