The Panthers are awesome. This is what you get when you have an owner who has the patience to build a franchise and not go for immediate gratification.

I'd bet the Panthers are going to be a power for the next 5 years.

I look forward to you pulling my gear after the merger.

Are those off-color euphemisms really necessary? :D

You might be right. But if you're right the unknown guy who said "rrreeeallly?", myself and the guy I was flying with completely missed his humor. And he didn't sound sarcastic, he sounded annoyed.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

I know forcing the plane behind you to do a go-around is funny to some, but scared passengers in the back isn't good for business.

If a pax is afraid of something like a go around they probably shouldn't be flying......or ever leaving their padded room. GMAFB :rolleyes:

Wouldn't you be happier as a Cargo Caninous operator? You still get to fly, but don't have to have nervous pax try your patience or test you compassion or lack thereof?

More than a few people are afraid/anxious of flying....WITHOUT the added "fun" of a go-around. A bit insensitive to think that makes them worthy of a padded room.

Try an easy go-around sometime instead of behaving like Maverick evading a Atoll missile in a F14 with a 4000' fpm climb to 3000'. Follow that with a short PA on downwind blaming a traffic sequencing issue. Easy come, easy go. The pax always looked calm when I've done it.

Big difference when low on a CATII-III or windshear.

As for "forcing" GA's? One might notice that jets aren't equipped with rear view mirrors. Sometimes exits are missed due to a higher speed or some other issue.

I'll beetch as much as the next guy when some guy lollygags down a 10K runway for whatever reason, but in the end, they own the pavement until exiting.