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A good pilot is an ego-driven, self-centred, totally dominating person (see TGF) who allows absolutely no one to have an opinion but him. And above all else he has to make sure that everyone around him gives him exactly what he wants, and that he is fired if he does not. This is how he wins.
A good boss has to listen to every opinion, change his thinking to suit the situation even if it results in his acting against his own short-term selfish interests to reach a greater success for everyone, has to sweet-talk employees and cater to them in the matter of time off, etc. And above all else he has to suck up to sponsors, investors and hangers-on, making sure they stay loyal to his cause by giving them what they want.
Chances are slim that the person who is suited by temperment and training to do one job can successfully do the other. Sir Jackie Stewart being the exception that proves the rule, perhaps...or by being smart enough to sell out before he proved otherwise?
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