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Old 08-23-2007, 04:43 AM
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Yeah, totally true. There was a whole string of "questionable" decisions made on that flight, we were diverting and were not familiar with the area at all, basically just wanted to get down. Looking back, there were many more airports close by that would have suited us better (Metro, Greenwood, I'm sure there are more)...but long story short, everything ended well and we ended up learning something in the process.
It does happen, I've been there done that myself. You lived, so you learned, and probably will use that in the future. Aviation's great ain't it!
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Old 08-23-2007, 10:29 PM
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It does happen, I've been there done that myself. You lived, so you learned, and probably will use that in the future. Aviation's great ain't it!
It sure is. There's a saying that comes to mind though, "You can't expect to make all the mistakes yourself and still live to tell about it, so try and learn from others'." Good advice.
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