Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: TheSoccerMom on January 16, 2007, 02:36:34 AM
Title: Quote from "FATE IS THE HUNTER" by Ernest K. Gann
Post by: TheSoccerMom on January 16, 2007, 02:36:34 AM
Some time ago, I promised Panzerrat a quote from Ernest Gann's "Fate is the Hunter". I finally found it (after I got back on my meds). It's a short bit on what makes a pilot tick. Here it is.
"Separation of the dedicated from the merely hopeful has been a crafty affair performed mostly by the line's chief pilots. ...they do what they can to see within an applicant. They try to picture him a few years hence, when he may find himself beset with troubles aloft.
How will he behave in sole command, when a quick decision or even a sudden movement can make the difference between safety and tragedy? Yet the chief pilots do not look for heroes. They much prefer a certain intangible stability, which in moments of crisis is often found among the more irascible and reckless."
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Title: Re: Quote from "FATE IS THE HUNTER" by Ernest K. Gann
Post by: fireflyr on January 16, 2007, 05:57:44 AM
Irascible and reckless ???????---hell, that's Soccermom !!!!! ::bow::
Title: Re: Quote from "FATE IS THE HUNTER" by Ernest K. Gann
Post by: TheSoccerMom on January 16, 2007, 06:40:19 AM
Gee, could I be more transparent?? :D
That's why I liked the quote!!! 8)
You got me!!! |:)\
Title: Re: Quote from "FATE IS THE HUNTER" by Ernest K. Gann
Post by: Panzerrat on January 29, 2007, 09:44:47 AM
Thanks for finding that. How are those meds by the way?
For whatever reason, that reminds me of another quote. "Adventure is other people in deep s**t far away."
Title: Re: Quote from "FATE IS THE HUNTER" by Ernest K. Gann
Post by: TheSoccerMom on January 29, 2007, 06:08:00 PM
