It does not start days or weeks ahead of a long trip...

It starts with day one of your pilot training...

"The wind today is about 10° off the runway heading with a slight quartering
(explain) headwind (explain) and that is well within the limits of the aircraft.
The ceiling is 3500 and has been that way for all day long, and that is well
within our limits. Let's go flying."

"The wind today is about 45° crosswind to the runway and 40 knots, so let's go
sit down and see what that means with respect to 'maximum crosswind component'".

"The ceiling today is a raggedy 1500' and the visbility is stinko. Let's talk
about it."

You have limits at 40 hours.

You have different limits at 400 hours.

You have different limits at 4000 hours.

That's why most accidents happen at 30 hours, 300 hours, and 3000 hours.


Jim



Bob Fry
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-"BillC85" writes:
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- Why do you 180 instead of pressing on? What are your motivations? What goes
- through your head?
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-I'll answer a different question:
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-What preparation can I do to make the "180" decision easier?
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-I think it starts days or weeks ahead of a long trip

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com