At 06:08 PM 6/22/04 -0700, you wrote:
>On Jun 22, 2004, at 5:18 PM, Russell McMahon wrote:
>
>> BUT the best oldies are derived from the best young uns with a
>> few decades of life skills added.
>>
>"Think of it as evolution in action."   The bright young pilots WITHOUT
>the good judgement/etc skill do not become "oldie" test pilots.  (most
>probably become managers who wouldn't hire "oldies", rather than
>actually getting out of the gene pool, but the effect is the same.)
>
>BillW

Or as the old saying goes:

        "There's old pilots
        and there's bold pilots
        but there's no old bold pilots"

(usual disclaimers apply)
Tom

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