As a bush pilot in Alaska - I can attest that one of the most difficult decisions a pilot can make is simply NOT to make the trip - OR possibly, to do a 180 degree turn and go back. Prestige, the boss, some young up-and-coming hotshot pilot, something - always pushing to go. Even the customers. Somehow, over the years of flying the bush, I managed to make most of the right choices. I've bent a few airplanes, but I'm still here - but many of my fellow flyers are not, their bodies crumpled in the wreckage somewhere on a mountain, on the tundra, in a lake. Many failed to make the safe decision, pushed by whatever drives one to take those chances, while some were victims of other things. But the point is - weigh carefully just how really important a trip is, against the possible consequences that may follow. Some trips just shouldn't be made. John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 9/20/2011 2:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > Last line ........there are professional mountaineers that have turned > back > 400 meters from a 8,000 meter summit, and they were smart, and proud, to > have made that more conservative safer decision. |
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