[...] 4. It's impossible to include every shred of information about the
decision-making process that goes into a flight of this length in a
descriptive narrative. By necessity, some details simply must be left out,
and in any story I always concentrate on action, not deliberation. This may
make parts of the flight look more like a "hip shot" than they really were.
As Jim outlined in his excellent post, his flight planning was detailed,
extensive and cautious -- but conditions simply weren't as predicted.

So, long story short, I understand what you're saying, but -- in this case,
anyway -- I feel that it doesn't apply.

Fair enough. As I said, I was not judging, but my eyebrows did arch a
bit.

Jose
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