As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to realize that humility is lacking in a lot of successful people. It’s the arrogant people among us whose faces most often cross our path. The one place I never ran into an arrogant person, however, was inside an airplane cockpit during a flying lesson. Humility filled the air.
By the way, note for flying students: if you have a flying lesson in an hour, please don’t eat beans or other foods known for gas buildup. The confined cockpit space allows little room for foul air to escape. I once had a flying student who ...