Do me a favor and remind me never to speak up on this group, okay? I
can't believe the extent to which some of you people get off on bashing
each other. Flying is like a brotherhood, except that the learned older
brothers often don't grow up, move out of the house, and stop picking on
little bro. Ma keeps having kids, and 50-year-old big brother Larry
can't wait to smack them around a bit.

From what I understand, what we're talking about here is a guy who
heard on the radio that there may be conflicting traffic about to cross
his path. It caused him to spin his head around enough that he lost
track of his airspeed to one extent or another--could have been 1 knot
off, could have been 20. He never mentioned how far off the mark he
was. He made what at worst could be called a "mistake," which happens
to everyone, then he used his best judgement to get back into his zone
of comfort. And people are bent out of shape about this?

Of course, the whole reason HE brought it up was to bash ANOTHER
pilot... Sheesh.


Newps wrote:

OK, I though you meant that if the two crashed in to each other, thereby
proving that he cut him off. Losing control of ones airspeed because
someone on the frequency starts talking is one of the dumbest things I
have heard.