BigBadLou
Final Approach
Hi guys,
since positive feedback is not common (due to our human nature expecting things to go smoothly) and is usually drowned in the sea of negative feedback, I thought I'd start a thread to randomly give praise after a good flight.
Why?
JUST BECAUSE.
We should not need an excuse to say something went well.
I can start with my latest pup flight.
Returning to my home area, I was landing at KGTU (Georgetown, TX) on a nice day filled with student pilots and others in the pattern.
The controllers probably recognized my tail number (or my "dang furn accent" - cuz I climb the tower cab a few times a year, trying to bring as many students as I can) and squeezed me in almost like a VIP.
"Skyhawk 12345, continue on upwind, I'll call your crosswind"
"Tomahawk XYZ, can you make short approach? I have a traffic entering downwind and he's got good 50 knots on you. You can? Great, Tomahawk XYZ, cleared TNG 18".
"Compassion five delta delta, you are #2 following a Tomahawk on short final, cleared to land 18, welcome back".
It was a hot day and I was tired and sweaty and getting a heat headache (heat index 116F) but this made me feel much better. Thank you Matt and Kevin (I think) for being great guys and having patience with us flyboys.
since positive feedback is not common (due to our human nature expecting things to go smoothly) and is usually drowned in the sea of negative feedback, I thought I'd start a thread to randomly give praise after a good flight.
Why?
JUST BECAUSE.
We should not need an excuse to say something went well.
I can start with my latest pup flight.
Returning to my home area, I was landing at KGTU (Georgetown, TX) on a nice day filled with student pilots and others in the pattern.
The controllers probably recognized my tail number (or my "dang furn accent" - cuz I climb the tower cab a few times a year, trying to bring as many students as I can) and squeezed me in almost like a VIP.
"Skyhawk 12345, continue on upwind, I'll call your crosswind"
"Tomahawk XYZ, can you make short approach? I have a traffic entering downwind and he's got good 50 knots on you. You can? Great, Tomahawk XYZ, cleared TNG 18".
"Compassion five delta delta, you are #2 following a Tomahawk on short final, cleared to land 18, welcome back".
It was a hot day and I was tired and sweaty and getting a heat headache (heat index 116F) but this made me feel much better. Thank you Matt and Kevin (I think) for being great guys and having patience with us flyboys.
