Bull. Don't lie to me. Even if I know nothing about whats going on.
Explain it to me in a way that I'll understand that "hey this isn't a big
deal, we'll just land on a longer runway while going a little faster than
normal". I'd rather see that than to be told that the whole friggen system
is at fault and some "small plane" (that was the term they used) had just
screwed up. Not for me.


"Yossarian" wrote in message
et...
Come on, that's easy. Most people will be freaked out enough that they
aren't landing on the first try, without having to believe it's a problem
with their own plane.

"Jeff Franks" wrote in message
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Yep. Friend of mine is a AA pilot and told me that they had to land
once
without flaps. Trouble was that none of them knew what the speeds were
for
that setup, so they had to dig out the books ("professional" pilots mind
you). They were a bit close, so they went around and announced that
another
plane had come out on the runway.

Kinda irked me because it gives the non-flying public the impression
that
ATC/GA/Another pilot had put them at risk, when this was not the case.
Why
lie? Just tell the passengers whats happening and get on with it.