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Old November 21st 05, 08:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:17:21 -0800, Sylvain wrote:

Roger wrote:
Fueling a rented 172 and putting 40 gallons into the two 21-gallon tanks.


Why would that scare you, unless it was *after* you flew the plane.
Me? I'm paranoid about fuel.


that would scare me too; I hate the idea of sharing an
aircraft with somehow who would be so careless; what other
stupid thing the same bozo did to the aircraft?


When renting aircraft you never know what the previous pilot may have
done. Most people are far less careful with rental equipment than
they are the things they own.

However, you really need to separate out fuel from other things. There
is a mind set out there which is un-nervingly common that fuel is
related to distance rather than time. Something that is quite
different than the carelessness we normally think of.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

--Sylvain

 




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