Experience, or lack thereof

I was listening to two commercial pilots today practicing for their CFI. I'm amazed how badly they were doing (for instance, instead of spin they were talking about 'wing overs'... FYI: you are going to scare the shit out of a student pilot with 5 hours with talk like that).

And their conversation made me think about the experience I've gained and how much I've learned since I got my CFI. I look at the other two guys as inexperienced, but I realize that I'm inexperienced too compared to a lot of other pilots...

The old joke of you start with a full bag of luck and trade it for experience to put in an empty bag. Hopefully you fill the bag of experience before your bag of luck runs out. I've had some close calls (nothing too close luckily thus far) and it's amazing what I've learned.