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St Stephen Ames wrote:

> I think the guy is just an inconsiderate as_hole...I have been cut off
> like that before and didn't hold back letting the pilot know how I
> felt...

I hope this failure to hold back took place on the ground, and
not in the air?

I have a personal peeve: that's pilots who "don't hold back"
expressing their opinions in the air.

On Unicoms, which may be shared by numerous airports, it clogs
busy frequencies and prevents other pilots from announcing their
positions and intentions.  Inconsiderate and dangerous.

On ATC frequencies, it prevents ATC from issuing needed
instructions.  Inappropriate and dangerous.

In any circumstance, in any plane, one thing is true: if a pilot
is busy expressing his frustrations, however justified, he is
that much less busy flying the plane, looking for traffic, and
otherwise taking care of his own business.  It makes him part
of the problem.

This is true even if the expression of frustration is just
muttering to oneself.  Let it go for now, don't get distracted.

Then when you're on the ground and the plane is tied, you can
express what and how you like.  I'd start by asking what happened,
myself; never know when you're dealing with a pilot who might
have a developing emergency of some kind.

Snowbird


