Let'sgoflying!
Touchdown! Greaser!
Today was my debut, 'my chance'- but it didn't work out.
At least I didn't screw it up - but I still feel crummy.
The 'patriarch pilot' of the operation was away, and I was to fly the jet to Houston; left seat, in charge, Commander Captain, and all that..... but I canceled!! How much does that suck?
There was a 30kt direct 90d xwind at base and fss said a continuous -as in, unbroken - line of tz's from S of DFW to well into Mexico, across our planned route; tops to fl500. &#%$&@!! Talked to a lear pilot that made it through an hour earlier but he can go a lot higher than 'our' nearjet. There was just too many things going against us, the signs were there. I was influenced by another's experience with the plane last year - a light dusting of hail 20nm from the nearest cloud cleaned the paint off the nose to the tune of $20,000., I think it was. We could have gone way north but they didn't HAVE to be there - and it would have cost another thousand bucks to do it.
Ah well, the unsavory decisions provide for us in other ways.
where is the icon for beating your head agin' the wall? Here, this should do:
At least I didn't screw it up - but I still feel crummy.
The 'patriarch pilot' of the operation was away, and I was to fly the jet to Houston; left seat, in charge, Commander Captain, and all that..... but I canceled!! How much does that suck?
There was a 30kt direct 90d xwind at base and fss said a continuous -as in, unbroken - line of tz's from S of DFW to well into Mexico, across our planned route; tops to fl500. &#%$&@!! Talked to a lear pilot that made it through an hour earlier but he can go a lot higher than 'our' nearjet. There was just too many things going against us, the signs were there. I was influenced by another's experience with the plane last year - a light dusting of hail 20nm from the nearest cloud cleaned the paint off the nose to the tune of $20,000., I think it was. We could have gone way north but they didn't HAVE to be there - and it would have cost another thousand bucks to do it.
Ah well, the unsavory decisions provide for us in other ways.
where is the icon for beating your head agin' the wall? Here, this should do: