Maybe it's different where you come from, but in my area of the business,
only the result, and/or the ramifications of that result mattered. Imprudent
and you're history if you survive the imprudence. On the other hand you
could be as "prudent" as you wanted to be, but if that "prudence" didn't sit
well with the front office, you could very well be history!
Let me make something clear here. I'm not making a case for or against this
pilot. I'm simply relating some "possibilities" based on his scenario, and
my personal experience in the business. I've said several times already that
I don't want to second guess what he did. He did it, and the chips will fall
in his world either upside down or right side up depending on how the regs
play out and his front office and chief pilot view the totality of his
actions.
That's it....no more....no less!
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot; CFI; Retired
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 04:26:21 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote in
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The real culprit in this kind of thing is that in many cases for the
professional pilot, you're dammed if you do....and you're damned if you
don't. It "ain't" an easy business.

Isn't it difficult for the PIC to be reprimanded for choosing
prudence?