Yeah, I offered free help as well.

Oh well, I shouldn't think we should be too hard on old Max. After all, he flies some of the most sophisticated aircraft being flown in the world today. If you want an earful on pilot knowledge, just ask any old time maintenance troop. Reminds me a lot of the gun control people who are absolutely proud NOT to know anything about guns; as though such knowledge would somehow diminish them in the eyes of fellow liberals. An example of that was a friend of mine who moved into a collage town and was summarily ostracized when the inhabitants discovered he was a "gun freak"! They stopped inviting him to social functions and, in general, looked down upon him until he essentially stopped shooting. We used to compete in ISPCA matches together.