Who's in charge here...
Now then... I've never made the dizzy heights of commercial pilot, but for 6 years I buzzed around as pilot-in-command of small aircraft. I'll be honest with you, I get annoyed with people who whine and moan when their flight gets canned for good reason.
I've just been reading an article on the BBC News website about passengers complaining that an easyJet captain took the decision to bin his flight back from Prague due to bad weather. Now, I may not have ever flow big things with 300 people on board but I have taken the decision to cancel a flight and disappointed friends before - we don't do it for a giggle you know, that decision is made for good reason. When you have been in the position of making choices that affect peoples lives then you can moan; until then, shut it.
I'd like to remind ground-hugging-types that the weather can be unforgivably harsh, and if you arrive at your destination 1 day late then kindly accept that as a better result than never reaching that destination at all. The fact that you can't find a hotel room is the least of your worries. Undertakers are notoriously tricky to find when 300 people have inconveniently snuffed it on the same day.
I'm not trying to make a big thing out of my 'flying career' or the responsibilities of being P1, just passing on my small amount of knowledge regarding mother nature. I've been up there wishing I was on the ground - it is a humbling and not a little scary experience. The captain is in charge of the aircraft at all times, it's not a bloody bus you know.
I've just been reading an article on the BBC News website about passengers complaining that an easyJet captain took the decision to bin his flight back from Prague due to bad weather. Now, I may not have ever flow big things with 300 people on board but I have taken the decision to cancel a flight and disappointed friends before - we don't do it for a giggle you know, that decision is made for good reason. When you have been in the position of making choices that affect peoples lives then you can moan; until then, shut it.
I'd like to remind ground-hugging-types that the weather can be unforgivably harsh, and if you arrive at your destination 1 day late then kindly accept that as a better result than never reaching that destination at all. The fact that you can't find a hotel room is the least of your worries. Undertakers are notoriously tricky to find when 300 people have inconveniently snuffed it on the same day.
I'm not trying to make a big thing out of my 'flying career' or the responsibilities of being P1, just passing on my small amount of knowledge regarding mother nature. I've been up there wishing I was on the ground - it is a humbling and not a little scary experience. The captain is in charge of the aircraft at all times, it's not a bloody bus you know.
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