Crowded Pattern

"John Doe" wrote in message
news:ZyE0f.501$L24.334@lakeread01...
Did you talk to him after he landed ?

No. For one thing, he was still flying when I left. Besides, even though if
I did talk to him I would be totally non-confrontational, my experience
(partially from reading this newsgroup), is that pilots tend to be somewhat
charged up in these situations. My tendency is to just take the approach
that I need to do a better job protecting myself in the air.

Michael

One should always fly as though there are planes in the pattern who
either don't have an operating radio, or who chose not to use one.
All one can do is continue to look around, back and forth, up and
down, and try to look around the blind spots in the airplane being
flown.
Just remember that just because someone is not giving a gazillion
position reports doesn't mean they are not there.


On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:00:02 -0600, "Michael 182"
wrote:


"John Doe" wrote in message
news:ZyE0f.501$L24.334@lakeread01...
Did you talk to him after he landed ?

No. For one thing, he was still flying when I left. Besides, even though if
I did talk to him I would be totally non-confrontational, my experience
(partially from reading this newsgroup), is that pilots tend to be somewhat
charged up in these situations. My tendency is to just take the approach
that I need to do a better job protecting myself in the air.

Michael

A big problem with a good many pilots is they fixate on the runway.
I have often seen this during flight training and flight reviews.
You never know when someone will sneak into the pattern.
Keep looking around.