Experience Question

Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

I love my son, I love my family and friends and I'm pretty damn fond of
myself. If I didn't think I would make it back safely to earth every time I
went up I wouldn't go up.

You are not thinking any differently than every other pilot. If there were
a way to interview every pilot killed in an aircraft crash, everyone
(excluding those who set out to commit suicide) would most likely respond
in the manner in which you did. No one launches on their last flight
expecting anything other than to return home safely.

Recall the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." All
pilots have good intentions, however, not all of these intentions transfer
into proper actions.

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Peter
























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"Peter R." wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

I love my son, I love my family and friends and I'm pretty damn fond of
myself. If I didn't think I would make it back safely to earth every time
I
went up I wouldn't go up.

You are not thinking any differently than every other pilot. If there
were
a way to interview every pilot killed in an aircraft crash, everyone
(excluding those who set out to commit suicide) would most likely respond
in the manner in which you did. No one launches on their last flight
expecting anything other than to return home safely.

Recall the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." All
pilots have good intentions, however, not all of these intentions transfer
into proper actions.

--
Peter


I understand what you are saying Peter, I don't think you understood what I
was saying.

I'm saying that if I didn't think it was safge enough for my family or
friends I wouldn't think it was safe enough for me.

Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

I understand what you are saying Peter, I don't think you understood what I
was saying.

I'm saying that if I didn't think it was safge enough for my family or
friends I wouldn't think it was safe enough for me.

Yes, I do understand what you are saying. My point is simply that every
pilot who was involved in a fatal accident (speaking of non-experimental GA
and excluding those who set out to commit suicide) most likely believed
what you and I believe.

The challenge we all continually face is putting our "money where our
mouths and keyhboards are." In other words, translate this belief into
actions (proper weather briefing, proper go/no-go/go-and-then-turn-
around-or-land decisions, proper fuel planning, practice or fly enough to
maintain proficiency, etc). Looking at GA accident statistics, this
clearly does not happen with enough regularity.


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Peter
























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"Peter R." wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

I understand what you are saying Peter, I don't think you understood what
I
was saying.

I'm saying that if I didn't think it was safge enough for my family or
friends I wouldn't think it was safe enough for me.

Yes, I do understand what you are saying. My point is simply that every
pilot who was involved in a fatal accident (speaking of non-experimental
GA
and excluding those who set out to commit suicide) most likely believed
what you and I believe.

The challenge we all continually face is putting our "money where our
mouths and keyhboards are." In other words, translate this belief into
actions (proper weather briefing, proper go/no-go/go-and-then-turn-
around-or-land decisions, proper fuel planning, practice or fly enough to
maintain proficiency, etc). Looking at GA accident statistics, this
clearly does not happen with enough regularity.


Again I couldn't agree more but that wasn't what the OP was talking about.
He was asking a question related to piloting friends and family before he
has X hundred hours.

Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

Again I couldn't agree more but that wasn't what the OP was talking about.

I wasn't replying to the OP. I was replying to you. :-)




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"Peter R." wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

Again I couldn't agree more but that wasn't what the OP was talking
about.

I wasn't replying to the OP. I was replying to you. :-)



That's one of the big problems of USENET. You have to take what I said in
context to the thread or you can pretty much make it mean anything you want.

Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

That's one of the big problems of USENET. You have to take what I said in
context to the thread or you can pretty much make it mean anything you want.

My comments were not outside the context of this thread.

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