I got away with that habit for several years. But be careful. It bit me
finally. An accident is a very humiliating experience. I can tell that
from experience.




"Colin Gibb" wrote in
:

wow, it sure feels good that I'm not alone...I find I'm doing that all
the time...looking at the clouds, estimating how low they are,
thinking about whether or not it would be a good day to fly. I've
even caught myself doing it for a little too long while
driving...thankfully the traffic in front of me kept moving





"Ratty Boy" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:37:28 GMT, Ender wrote:

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
I remember a discussion recently whether pilots are safer drivers.
I believed that to be true until recently. As a pilot, I tend to
look up
at
the sky while driving, particularly if an airplane is flying. The
other
day
I was looking up at the clouds to figure out which direction the
wind
was
blowing. The car in front of me made a sudden stop. You guessed
it. I
ran
into that car. This would not have happened had I not been a pilot
distracted by the sky. This is my first auto-incident ever, in
twenty
years
of driving. I guess that still makes me a safe driver, but not as
safe
as I
thought I was.


On the commercial end of things, the pager can often get you into
trouble when you're rushing to the airport.

I find that when I'm not gazing at the sky, my situational awareness
is much better than before I learned to fly.

I see that I'm not the only one to gaze at the sky. I recently spent
some time on the porch watching a T-Storm build up in the distance.
It's still cheaper to have a cocaine habit than a flying habit. But
damn, I think flying has to be more fun in the long run.