Originally Posted by
GolferNJ
If troops are getting shot at or a base is being overrun then I extend. Otherwise, not a chance. How can you possibly determine how alert you will be in several hours, when thunderstorms roll in, the weather goes to mins, the plane in front of you declares an IFE and closes the runway, etc...? Isn't Safety pretty high up on our priorities (ALPA, United, etc...)?
And what if you're going somewhere where your doomsday scenarios have virtually no chance of happening? I'm not a fan of extending but some of you guys stretch yourselves pretty thin...