Originally Posted by
joepilot
I've gotta call bullsh** on this.
Calling bull**** on what exactly? Are you saying its impossible to be a good pilot, having ever broken a rule? If thats the case, then I've never met a good pilot. Everyone I've ever flown with has "done dirt" to some degree. At the same time, I've never met a pilot who would admit doing such things in an interview, which goes against the OP's point of "being yourself".
The fuel example may have been a bad example because its very easy to burn off a little bit to get back into the envelope. What if the issue was something just as minor, but not as easiely fixable?
And how eactly does your airplane know how much it weighs? Is there some kind of weight sensor in the landing gear or something? Does it rely on the pilot entering the weight maually with a keypad?