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Everyone in this business is 'more Catholic than the Pope' for a very good reason. Almost every single one of the rules we find so restrictive is so restrictive

Everyone in this business is 'more Catholic than the Pope' for a very good reason. Almost every single one of the rules we find so restrictive is so restrictive because it was bought and paid for with someone's life -- and often the lives of the innocent who trusted them as well. Being certified and claiming to others to be certified is a promise. It's a position of trust in much the same way is anyone with a licence to practice medicine and who actually does practice is trusted. We guard the system so jealously because have to trust in the system. Without it, it's far too dangerous for any rational person to even consider stepping foot on a plane or in an emergency room.

JorgeGT 10y ago
> and often the lives of the innocent who trusted them as well. This is the most crucial part. Maybe you, personally, are OK with modifying your plane and you accept the possibility that your tinkering may cause the plane to crash. But unless you're flying in the middle of Siberia, there are others. The people in the house you may crash in, the people in the other plane you may have just clipped in the runway, the SAR crew that may drown trying to rescue you after your corrupted GPS database diverted the plane to open ocean in stormy IFR conditions. Please everyone, think of their lives even if you're open to risk yours.