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A comment on When Interfaces Kill: What Happened to John Denver (1999). Parent comment
Come on. I can hardly make the problem more obvious, but I'll try:
If people did that, nobody would fly any plane ever. You have to fly for the first time at some point.
When there's no simulators or co-pilot seats like for the kit plane in question, you literally have no other way to gain experience.
This is the equivalent of job offers asking for 10 years experience in a technology that's barely a few months old.
I was speaking ironically
As my comment noted, I am not a fan of making something its own prerequisite.
Come on. I can hardly make the problem more obvious, but I'll try:
If people did that, nobody would fly any plane ever. You have to fly for the first time at some point.
When there's no simulators or co-pilot seats like for the kit plane in question, you literally have no other way to gain experience.
This is the equivalent of job offers asking for 10 years experience in a technology that's barely a few months old.