tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post112796597099509216..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Being Responsible is Less FunAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1129922840671820452005-10-21T19:27:00.000+00:002005-10-21T19:27:00.000+00:00Flying magazine columnist Lane Wallace has written...<A HREF="http://www.flyingmag.com/" REL="nofollow">Flying</A> magazine columnist Lane Wallace has written that she has a good rule-of-thumb for go/no-go decisions: she imagines, if she decides to go and things go wrong, how the NTSB (or Transport Canada, in your case) report of the accident would read. If the report would make her look like an idiot, she doesn't go.<BR/><BR/>The stakes are higher, of course, when you have passengers to deal with, and it sounds like you made the right call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1128509285903903462005-10-05T10:48:00.000+00:002005-10-05T10:48:00.000+00:00Good onya. As you say, it's not easy being respons...Good onya. As you say, it's not easy being responsible. But losing a day's pay is definitely the better option than losing your aircraft or your life -or worse, you passengers' lives.<BR/><BR/>I've added you to my links if that's ok... love reading aviation blogs =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1128100524281323952005-09-30T17:15:00.000+00:002005-09-30T17:15:00.000+00:00I've written up a number of similar items in my li...I've written up a number of similar items in my life as a freight dog. I did get a few snide comments, ie "It's a clear blue day, whataya need the turn coordinator for?" to which I'd reply: I agree, somebody should modify the MEL. Until then, I'm abiding by it.Sam Weigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332414897030323612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1128084824678523512005-09-30T12:53:00.000+00:002005-09-30T12:53:00.000+00:00Consider it delayed fun. Delayed fun is always mo...Consider it delayed fun. Delayed fun is always more enjoyable.dibabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160261542703053377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1128015218098553682005-09-29T17:33:00.000+00:002005-09-29T17:33:00.000+00:00Hey, ya done good.Another test you can use to see ...Hey, ya done good.<BR/><BR/>Another test you can use to see if an excuse sounds is good is to preface it with the phrase "Your honor:"Avimentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508862704398151334noreply@blogger.com