Tell you an interesting story about professional pilots ...

I was bumming a ride in the jump seat of a Saab 340A - the reason I was
there was because I wasn't prepared to fly a light twin with a single-engine
service ceiling of around 4250 at night over terrain that requires a MSA of
around 8000 feet.

Without any suggestion from me, 2 seperate crews immediately came to the
same conclusion I did - and that is "if you were going to do that flight
then you would want to track around the coast" (ie at sea level).

In my opinion these crews both have a safety oriented attitude - on the
other hand many of the pilots I know would do that flight at night in a
single - their best attempt at "risk management" being "the aeroplane
doesn't know it's night"

I know which bunch I'd send my family flying with!


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Cockpit Colin" wrote

Unfortunately, too many
pilots continue to accept too high a level of risk - and as a result,
they
keep on dying horrible deaths.

I'm with you. Saying that you accept the risks, because you are a
professional pilot, is a cop-out of a reason. A true professional would
not
accept missions of undue risk, and wait for conditions more acceptable,
and
manageable.

What's that saying about old pilots, and bold pilots?
--
Jim in NC