Editor's Log
February 2002 Issue
Give Me Altitude
Better to be on the ground, wishing you were in the air? You can say that again
Many wags love to toss around cliches as if they’re the clever soul who invented them. There’s a grain of truth to most of them, of course, but, gosh, it gets tiring explaining the mystery and the dynamic environment of flight with such cookie-cutter phrases.
While we all might dust off a cliche from time to time, there are times when you might live one and wish you hadn’t. That’s when it becomes crystal clear just why the cliche has emerged from the fermenting stew of language.
However, recently I turned a cliche on its tail and discovered a kernel of wisdom there, as well. “It’s better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than in the air and wishing you were on the ground....
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