Very well stated !

Also flying for a living is another accomplishment in itself. I sincerely doubt that their are any other careers in the world that require a person to take recurrent training every ( 6 ) months and pass a written test. Or to take and pass a proficiency flight check every (6) months. Finally, to go and get a Flight Physical from only authorized doctors and pass that physical just to keep and maintain your ATP certificate, thus maintaining the way that you support yourself or your family.

I probably have only blown my horn maybe 2 to 3 times during my career as a pilot, just a couple of days ago was one. But I do think the discussion going on about whether or not a full scale pilot can fly RC or not should just stop NOW !

As in any profession, their are people that do their jobs very well and others that do their jobs not so well. Some are confident and others are over confident. The ones that are over confident, I personally do not want to associate with and will let them walk down their own path. But the ones that have taken the time to study hard, passed numerous tests , not to mention spent many thousands of dollars to carve out a working career in aviation, I will be glad to associate with any day. And one that has mastered the skill of flying an RC model airplane, deserves even more recognition.

Neither flying a FULL SCALE AIRCRAFT or an RC MODEL AIRCRAFT is easy, at least in my mind. But if you have mastered both, then congratulations to you.

What I have stated above are my own " PERSONAL " thoughts and feelings. But, I really do think this banter about who can and who can not fly should stop and we need to move on to solving the real problems that are facing the RC Model Hobby and those problems are with our own government, FAA and even with the AMA.