From: VTAILJEFF@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:02:17 EDT
Subject: Re: Fw: flight
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Pat,

You are on target regarding pilots continually making judgement calls. This 
judgement call is one of the worst that I have read about in a long time. The 
fact that the flight was completed without loss of life is nothing short of 
incredible-- but the pilot should not be admired for it. The pilot should 
have his certificate jerked for doing this. If you did it in a 747 you would 
be summarily fired. This wasn't a must go combat flight, it was recreational 
flight. 

My opinion regarding the author's boast about making a multi thousand/ multi 
leg flight with a taped up window and an inoperative trim system most of it 
over the North Atlantic remains the same: this guy will not live long in 
aviation making these kinds of dumb decisions. I earn a great income from 
guys like this who take unnnecessary risks-- far more money than I make as an 
examiner. I see this stuff every day. 

Unfortunately the jury here is split. I just hope the younger, less 
experienced impressionable people on this list don't think this is the way 
you should operate. 

Jeff
Aircraft Accident Investigator (people are dying to meet me)
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