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I used to know a former TWA pilot somewhat well. I asked him about UFOs and pilots. He said, in his 35-year flying career, he knew of exactly 2 pilots who felt they had seen UFOs. One reported it and one didn't. The one who did report it faced no repercussions. The one who didn't report it subsequently flunked his vision test during his renewal medical certificate exam.

Pilots are, in fact, humans. Pilots get old just like everyone else. Pilots bodies fall apart just like everyone else. Pilots sometimes have psychological difficulty dealing with the impacts of aging just like everyone else. A pilot who sees a UFO and doesn't report it is being radically irresponsible. He is putting his passengers at risk by assuming it's more likely that space aliens are harassing his aircraft than his eyesight is degrading. That pilot is the kind of person who is, probably, psychologically predisposed to start bar fights or boast to his friends about what he can bench-press. He is confident in a self-perception of his own physical perfection to the point that he believes it's more likely space aliens are chasing him in flying saucers than his body is flawed.

<blockquote data-quote="Atticus11" data-source="post: 160397" data-attributes="member: 6325">I used to know a former TWA pilot somewhat well. I asked him about UFOs and pilots. He said, in his 35-year flying career, he knew of exactly 2 pilots who felt they had seen UFOs. One reported it and one didn&#039;t. The one who did report it faced no repercussions. The one who didn&#039;t report it subsequently flunked his vision test during his renewal medical certificate exam.&nbsp;Pilots are, in fact, humans. Pilots get old just like everyone else. Pilots bodies fall apart just like everyone else. Pilots sometimes have psychological difficulty dealing with the impacts of aging just like everyone else. A pilot who sees a UFO and doesn&#039;t report it is being radically irresponsible. He is putting his passengers at risk by assuming it&#039;s more likely that space aliens are harassing his aircraft than his eyesight is degrading. That pilot is the kind of person who is, probably, psychologically predisposed to start bar fights or boast to his friends about what he can bench-press. He is confident in a self-perception of his own physical perfection to the point that he believes it&#039;s more likely space aliens are chasing him in flying saucers than his body is flawed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Atticus11, post: 160397, member: 6325"] I used to know a former TWA pilot somewhat well. I asked him about UFOs and pilots. He said, in his 35-year flying career, he knew of exactly 2 pilots who felt they had seen UFOs. One reported it and one didn't. The one who did report it faced no repercussions. The one who didn't report it subsequently flunked his vision test during his renewal medical certificate exam. Pilots are, in fact, humans. Pilots get old just like everyone else. Pilots bodies fall apart just like everyone else. Pilots sometimes have psychological difficulty dealing with the impacts of aging just like everyone else. A pilot who sees a UFO and doesn't report it is being radically irresponsible. He is putting his passengers at risk by assuming it's [I]more likely[/I] that space aliens are harassing his aircraft than his eyesight is degrading. That pilot is the kind of person who is, probably, psychologically predisposed to start bar fights or boast to his friends about what he can bench-press. He is confident in a self-perception of his own physical perfection to the point that he believes it's more likely space aliens are chasing him in flying saucers than his body is flawed. [/QUOTE]

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