Your winter driving lesson

[Snickersnwa]

Who defines what good judgement is ? Is good judgment drinking the night before until 9am and heading to the Airbus and fly 150 passangers when your hungover ? Is it drinking at the bar and driving home ? Is it speeding down the interstate at 90 in a 70 mph zone ??

Are you seriously asking this!?

If a tree falls in the woods, but no one is there… does it make a sound?

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Who defines what good judgement is ? Is good judgment drinking the night before until 9am and heading to the Airbus and fly 150 passangers when your hungover ? Is it drinking at the bar and driving home ? Is it speeding down the interstate at 90 in a 70 mph zone ??

PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES, and I sit here and read this ... "i have to disagree blah blah blah" .... we've all made a bad judgement call in our day, and I don't think its fair that we focus on one persons possible "mistake" and make it into a huge issue where it sounds like we should take every rating he owned away from him for something not even flying related... and as far as the point about him not being a pilot you want flying your family and how he'll probably bust minimums ... I ask have you flown with him ? Have you seen his flying skills ? Do you have a firm basis for your judgement ? Do you judge books by there cover ? Cause thats whats happening here !!

Even the best pilots make mistakes in the air ... does that make them a bad person, a bad pilot ? Would you stop being friends with a person cause they made a mistake while flying ?

Just seems like there is a lot of critical talk here, but i think some people have failed to see that we are all human here.

Absolutely nothing wrong with making mistakes as long as you own up to them and learn. This has not happened here. This isn't the first thread that has had people bragging about something stupid they did we've had in the UND forum.

Here's the cliffs notes of what is happening here. He did something that wasn't a good idea (we've all done that). People tell him"whoa, I wouldn't put stuff like that on the internet" and he comes back with some BS about how awesome a driver he is, blah blah blah. The only people who have supported him on this are his friends.

The point I was making about the busting minimums is this (since you obviously don't understand). Rules are there to prevent us from hurting other people. That's why there is a rule against exhibition/reckless driving. Having a rule that says you can't descend below minimums on an approach is there for the exact same reason.

If he thinks he's a good enough driver that he gets a free pass to drive like an idiot, I would venture to say it wont be much different in an airplane after many many hours. It has nothing to do with stick and rudder skill, but everything to do with attitude and ego.