William Black wrote:

I would not depart in a thunderstorm no matter what I was flying.

How many flights have you refused to board because of the weather?


I once dumped an Apache in Fayetteville, NC because of collecting a pile of ice
on the approach in. I called my boss, told him his Apache could be found in
Fayetteville, and that I would be boarding a USAir flight shortly back to
Charlotte. It's one thing to pick up ice on the approach; I was headed downhill
anyway. It's a very different situation trying to climb through a freezing
overcast and I wasn't going to do it.

But I did climb on the USAir jet without hesitation. I figured it had
deicing/anti-icing. It must have had something, because we made the flight home
without any trouble.

As an aside, I have launched many times immediately after a cell moved off the
field, as long as it didn't move in the direction I intended to go. But I have
never launched with one overhead. I don't know anybody who would.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com