Had I canceled, he might have been
released, not seen me swimming towards him in the haze, and gone out on the
runway right in front of me.

.... and you would have seen him, and he would have seen you. This is
supposed to be VFR weather, right? Now, if you are flying visually with
no IFR clearance in IFR murk, that's another story, and the book should
be thrown.

Jose
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except there's no God, and there's no dice. And maybe there's no universe.
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