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Well THIS is awkward!
AVWeb and APC both have some great articles on this.
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/resources/news/the_pilot_personality_20070820246.html
http://www.avweb.com/news/aeromed/181606-1.html
I know this was posted back in 2008 regarding the APC/ALPA article. But four years in Internet terms is a lot of time so I may as well repost this. I also realize that the observations in both of these articles is not nessarily going to represent the JC community as a whole.
That being said I do find several interesting similarities with my own personality. I can agree with the APC article on the part where pilots like taking things apart something I'm notorious for (voiding the warranty is the other). I can also agree that I only want the facts when I'm trying to get information. Sociability with others I can kind of sort of agree with. If anything I know I tend to come across as a bit aloof when I'm dealing with new people. Although it has been something I have tried to work on.
I do disagree with the paranoia. At most I might worry about leaving my AV receiver or my TV on when I leave home. I also disagree with the statement that about being a realist. I can be a realist *IF* I need to be. Other wise I'm dreaming up new ideas. The pages upon pages of hypothetical Kickstarter projects/apps on my iPad is proof of this.
There are more traits that I could mention but I won't go into them as I have been typing this on my iPod Touch and not my notebook (power supply kicked the bucket). Although I'll try to add more later.
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/resources/news/the_pilot_personality_20070820246.html
http://www.avweb.com/news/aeromed/181606-1.html
I know this was posted back in 2008 regarding the APC/ALPA article. But four years in Internet terms is a lot of time so I may as well repost this. I also realize that the observations in both of these articles is not nessarily going to represent the JC community as a whole.
That being said I do find several interesting similarities with my own personality. I can agree with the APC article on the part where pilots like taking things apart something I'm notorious for (voiding the warranty is the other). I can also agree that I only want the facts when I'm trying to get information. Sociability with others I can kind of sort of agree with. If anything I know I tend to come across as a bit aloof when I'm dealing with new people. Although it has been something I have tried to work on.
I do disagree with the paranoia. At most I might worry about leaving my AV receiver or my TV on when I leave home. I also disagree with the statement that about being a realist. I can be a realist *IF* I need to be. Other wise I'm dreaming up new ideas. The pages upon pages of hypothetical Kickstarter projects/apps on my iPad is proof of this.
There are more traits that I could mention but I won't go into them as I have been typing this on my iPod Touch and not my notebook (power supply kicked the bucket). Although I'll try to add more later.