on the general topic, i wish the guy luck. i would agree with some people and say maby 121 is out of reach but i hope he gets well and gets to do some GA flying for the rest of his life.

On the topic of the heading on TO, XJ trains us to always have the runway heading set before TO. if we get a turnout or have a special engine out, i like to write it in the scratchpad or make a note of it on the TOLD card. i don't like using heading sinc on the ground. twisting it in makes sure we're where we're supposed to be.

overall, i think that i do realize how much responsibility i/we have when we fly people and their families around. i think that thought is important and without it we are setting ourselves up to be to comfortable at our job. when we get to comfortable we lose our focus and when that happens, we know what can happen. i just think that we all have alot of responsibility and that sometimes we forget about it.


fly safe