Sorry Staga, but the most positive and motivated person in the world can't do my job without a minimum of 2 years of training backed up by at least a quality high school education. It just doesn't work that way.
You're beating the socialist liberal drum, that anyone who cares enough can do anything and be good at it. It's the same false premise that the US Democratic party has hung their hat on for the last couple of decades. The fact remains that an ignorant but motivated person, even if they're highly intelligent, simply can't accomplish what a person who is just as motivated but is also properly trained and educated can do. No amount of activism or "xxxx rights" parades will change the fact that if you're stupid or ignorant, you'll never really be qualified or able to do those "elite" jobs.
That's why fighter pilots get a good laugh when jealous people say they could do our job and they'd accept half the pay. When we put those same people in the jet and show them our job, they usually puke their guts out. And then when we offer them the chance to work a 14 hour day with us, they politely decline and go back to their 8 hour a day job and tell their co-workers that flying is cool but pilots are a bunch of elitist bastards. They can't do our job, and most of them wouldn't even if they could. You have no idea how refreshing it is to talk to people who realize that flying isn't their thing. But for the rest, it's fun to take shots at us because part of our job is very cool. The world is full of jealousy and the socialist liberals spread it around like butter on toast.
When the unskilled equality-mongers manage to worm their way into my job, they're just going to end up dead faster. Hopefully they won't take anyone else out when they kill themselves. People may be born equal, but natural talent, training, and education soon sort out who's going to really make it in the world and who isn't.
