Pilot drunks and an over-rated profession

            How many times were they NOT caught in the inebriated state,

    those two drunken pilots who scandalized their profession yesterday ?

    From a statistical point of view, it is more likely that flight XXX has

    a drunken pilot aboard than an Islamic terrorist with  Paradise HIS

    destination.

                 Does the fact that an airline pilot DARE to fly drunk suggest

    that his profession - like many other professions - are over-rated and

    ridiculously over-paid ?    If you can drive a taxi in New York City,

    perhaps you could also learn to fly " by the numbers " . And sobriety

    is not a  MUST for customer satisfaction !

                 Ah, the mystique of the PROFESSION ! Are you scheduled for

    brain surgery this morning ?    Don't worry if the surgeon staggers into

    the operating room. Didn't your drunken friend get you home safely last

    night from that downtown bar ?

                 Only the JUDGE in the courtroom need be sober nowadays. Even

    though the law itself is an ASS !

              How many people in SMART professions are great pretenders ?

                Is there ANY job in the future that cannot be mastered by

    a 13 year old in 6 weeks ?

                    A future IDIOT's  book : " Airline Piloting for Dummies ".

         ..... and  " Brain Surgery for Dummies " .... " President of U. S. for

    Dummies ".... " Mayor of Providence  for   Dummies ".