Originally Posted by Blaine
...I don't expect you to, but just take a look at the attitudes of the professional aviators here. Our standards for heroism are high.
You know why I think it is? You "professional aviators" here know you could never achieve anything like Sullenberger or Haynes (certainly not Haynes because Bill somebody was actually flying that one) if faced with the same circumstances. Not even in your prime. You're jealous. And so you raise your "standards for heroism" so ridiculously high so you won't look so puny beside them. Pilots, firefighters, you name it. Your "standards for heroism" will always be high enough so that you don't look so puny beside them.