From: Frank Gilliland on Tues 23 Aug 2005 13:27

On 23 Aug 2005 12:41:50 -0700, "an_old_friend"
wrote in .com:

the question still stands

when you are you going to confess to your lies?\

Probably never. After so many years of rationalizing his lies I'm sure
he actually believes that they are justified. I effectively nuked him
with the facts and his response was avoidance.

Your diagnosis is on-the-money with what we've seen for years
in here. He is 99 44/100 percent BLUFF.

It's been a few years,
but if I remember my Psych 101 correctly he has what you would call
"Narcissistic Personality Disorder"; his false sense of superiority
will never let him fess up, and his need for attention will never let
him shut up.

Proper psych name or not, that's IT. [my formal psych two
semesters were in 1959...all the rest of the time in the
Great School of Life with PLENTY of examples to study...:-)]

Author and screenwriter Ernest K. Gann's semi-autobiography
"Fate Is The Hunter" described how a guy faked his way into
being #3 (seniority) pilot on a new airline starting up between
San Francisco and Hawaii around the 1950s (Gann was #2 and an
airline pilot since before WW2).* This fake had "self-taught"
himself how to fly while in the State Department during WW2
going to and from South America. He's faked his way into
this new airline but had NO time on four-motor aircraft nor
could he fly well with the autopilot off. After an FAA
check-ride resulted in such a poor demo, the FAA found out
he had NEVER gotten an Air Transport rating! Fake went bye-
bye but later got onto another beginning airline doing the
same thing...but killing himself and passengers.

* In the book, not in the shortened black-and-white movie of
the same title name. It's in Chapter 16 (or "XVI" as typeset),
character name given as "Dudley."

Too bad cause he's obviously a smart guy -- just really
screwed up.

Stebie has an Extra. He's also said his nine-year-old can
pass it. Doesn't say much about the mentality or maturity
required to pass an amateur test.

Amateur radio is NOT on par with aircraft flying, not in any
respect. The "Dudley" of Gann's book was real and, as aircraft
can be deadly when mishandled by fakers, resulted in the
ultimate penalty. The penalty is less severe in this radio
hobby but the fakery there is more widespread...by example.

not FAQ