Crappy Weather In GA

mtsu_av8er

mtsu_av8er

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What would you do if this is the radar picture that you saw, and you were scheduled to fly FTY-PDK-MAC-TLH-MAC-ATL-FTY?

In a single engine aircraft, partially at night, with no WX radar? Oh, and the forecast says that it's going to get worse . . .

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As you walk into the chief pilot's office with a print out of the radar and TAF, start by saying:
"Sir, I don't feel it is in the interest of safety to even attempt my flight this evening."

But then again, I have no freight dawg experience.
 
I would prolly get in a fetal position and cry!!

Seriously Lloyd you have the 210!! It's a flying tank!

Just remember to punk the storms as you put a hole through them. :)
 
I have to go ORL - ATL - JAX - ORL tonite, so I'm in the same boat. It's gonna be a night for bright cockpit lights thats for sure.
 
Jaron, you're gonna laugh at me for doing this, but I deviated around weather in Iowa today...:confused: :buck:
 
Not such good weather up here either. Juneau is having their first official blizzard in 17 years. 65mph winds and snow make life miserable.:banghead:
 
As I told you on the phone Lloyd, I think you're a complete wuss for not going.










(I'm joshin' ya'll, BTW, just in case anybody missed it, I wouldn't go either!)
 
Well, before I made the initial post, I called Dispatch and told them that I wasn't comfortable making the flight. They immediately forwarded me to the D.O. (I think that they were hoping he'd lay it on me . . . ), who supported me in my decision.

I went on duty at my normal time, and sat at the airport. Dispatch refused to release me - they wanted me to stand by. They said that they were hoping that it would "clear up", so that I could salvage parts of the flight. Personally, I think I was being "punished" . . . hehehe.

Since the FBO was full of pilots NOT flying due to the weather, I sat in my car and watched movies. Compared to some places that I've sat for 8.5 hours, this was cake!

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This was actually the first time that I've ever canceled a flight because of weather. I'm sure that there were lots of pilots that went ahead and flew, as well. Oh, well. They pay me to make tough decisions, right?
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Oh, well. They pay me to make tough decisions, right?
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And it was a good decision. The entire SE was jacked up today. I was visiting my parents yesterday/today (they live in Nashville), and their dog went absolutely nuts from the weather. Flying southwest to Houston was pretty uncomfortable for a while--off to the southeast it looked really solid, with tops well above us after we leveled off. I can't imagine having to fly around in that crud without radar at night.
 
Well I made it from ORL to ATL alright. At one point in the flight JAX center was working myself and a labquest airplane and made the comment " so do you guys have a plan for this or what". For the most part it was uneventful, except for one part I got rocked. All of a sudden my radar started painting cells like mad, I'm talking like only 5 - 10 miles ahead of me. I didnt have many options, as I was already in turbulence that I would not feel very good about making a sharp turn in. I continued and made it through to the other side, then after that things calmed down.

ATL was a mess though, the taxi ways were a parking lot when I landed.

Now I just have to go from ATL to JAX... hopefully most of the junk is moved out to sea by then.
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Well, before I made the initial post, I called Dispatch and told them that I wasn't comfortable making the flight. They immediately forwarded me to the D.O. (I think that they were hoping he'd lay it on me . . . ), who supported me in my decision.

Since the FBO was full of pilots NOT flying due to the weather, I sat in my car and watched movies.

This was actually the first time that I've ever canceled a flight because of weather. I'm sure that there were lots of pilots that went ahead and flew, as well. Oh, well. They pay me to make tough decisions, right?
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There's only one reason to have a captain on an airplane, that's to say NO when it's necessary. Otherwise we're all just airplane drivers.

Good job.
 
Well guys I ended up makin into JAX last night, but it was pretty hairy. I'll tell the story later on today when I wake up.
 
Flysher said:
Well guys I ended up makin into JAX last night, but it was pretty hairy. I'll tell the story later on today when I wake up.
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Just curious if in hindsight you think that a no-go decision might have been a wiser choice?
 
30kt windshear over the rabbit last night in CRW. Yeah buddy! :bandit:
Had me some 'shine and a good ole time with my sister when I got home!
 
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