Intro to Aviation or Learning to Fly = Government 101?

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Hey guys. I was wondering for people who are planning to participate in aviation in any form including learning to fly would learn a lot about the U.S. Government or just government in general?

It seems that most pilots on this board and other aviation forums know quite a bit about not just the FAA and the FAA regulations, but also how our U.S. Government works and maybe even how foreign governments works. I'm not sure if you are even lawyers or politicians (but I could be wrong), but it seems that pilots know a lot about governments.

So would you equate that for someone who is going to aviation for the first time or learning to fly equals Government 101?

I never knew a lot about politics and governments until I was taking some flight lessons and studied aviation in college.
 
N918KT said:
Hey guys. I was wondering for people who are planning to participate in aviation in any form including learning to fly would learn a lot about the U.S. Government or just government in general?

It seems that most pilots on this board and other aviation forums know quite a bit about not just the FAA and the FAA regulations, but also how our U.S. Government works and maybe even how foreign governments works. I'm not sure if you are even lawyers or politicians (but I could be wrong), but it seems that pilots know a lot about governments.

So would you equate that for someone who is going to aviation for the first time or learning to fly equals Government 101?

I never knew a lot about politics and governments until I was taking some flight lessons and studied aviation in college.
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In general, pilots "know" a lot on every conceivable subject on earth. Just ask. But no, I wouldn't equate flight knowledge (in your context, knowledge of the FAR's) as a form of "government" training. Other than it is a good example of how bureaucracies can overstep their reach.
 
I mean its not just the FAR's and the FAA regulations that they know. I feel they know a lot about the U.S. Government and maybe governments in other countries.
 
N918KT said:
I mean its not just the FAR's and the FAA regulations that they know. I feel they know a lot about the U.S. Government and maybe governments in other countries.
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I know a reasonable amount about both, but becoming a pilot had nothing to do with it.
 
N918KT said:
I mean its not just the FAR's and the FAA regulations that they know. I feel they know a lot about the U.S. Government and maybe governments in other countries.
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Be careful...

Don't confuse what people say here to be truth. They often convince themselves of things completely incorrect. Just a part of the human condition.
 
The US government has a very direct say in what we do when we fly. Hence we tend to be a bit better informed about its workings.
 
N918KT said:
Hey guys. I was wondering for people who are planning to participate in aviation in any form including learning to fly would learn a lot about the U.S. Government or just government in general?

It seems that most pilots on this board and other aviation forums know quite a bit about not just the FAA and the FAA regulations, but also how our U.S. Government works and maybe even how foreign governments works. I'm not sure if you are even lawyers or politicians (but I could be wrong), but it seems that pilots know a lot about governments.

So would you equate that for someone who is going to aviation for the first time or learning to fly equals Government 101?

I never knew a lot about politics and governments until I was taking some flight lessons and studied aviation in college.
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I would say more likely correlation rather than causation.

I would say I know a lot about government, but I knew that well before becoming a pilot.
 
PPC1052 said:
I would say more likely correlation rather than causation.

I would say I know a lot about government, but I knew that well before becoming a pilot.
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I would agree with that.
 
Well you do learn, or rather further learn, how inept, overbearing and bloated government really is.
 
I learned to fly, learned to fly for the government, still fly for the government, and I still don't know our own government. Flying has had zero correlation to Government 101.
 
People with the drive to learn how to fly often have the drive to be well informed about other things as well.
 
Seanaldinho said:
People with the drive to learn how to fly often have the drive to be well informed about other things as well.
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Anyone with the drive to do anything has the drive to be well informed about anything else.
 
Gucci Pilot said:
I learned to fly, learned to fly for the government, still fly for the government, and I still don't know our own government. Flying has had zero correlation to Government 101.
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