X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:25:53 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from gateway1.stoel.com ([198.36.178.141] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 986141 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:00:57 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.36.178.141; envelope-from=JJHALLE@stoel.com Received: from PDX-SMTP.stoel.com (unknown [172.16.103.137]) by gateway1.stoel.com (Firewall Mailer Daemon) with ESMTP id 86FC5EB3CD for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:59:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from PDX-MX6.stoel.com ([172.16.103.64]) by PDX-SMTP.stoel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:00:01 -0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Roseville X-Original-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:00:01 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <17E9FE5945A57A41B4D8C07737DB60720372565D@PDX-MX6.stoel.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: lml Digest #1513 Thread-Index: AcYyHz05bJoJ4j7sQRGNx3SJiq7hQQAON2IA From: "Halle, John" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Feb 2006 18:00:01.0593 (UTC) FILETIME=[A4426290:01C63259] I will try one, and definitely last, time. It's not about the rulebook = or the airplane or even the maneuver. It's about the pilot. I don't = care if you are doing 360 overheads or barrel rolls or landing on short = runways or flying in conditions where ice is possible or any of the = other things that involve calculated risk. The ONLY thing that = determines whether the flight is being conducted safely is whether the = pilot has prudently assessed the risk -- for him or her, in that = airplane, on that day, in that place and in those conditions. If you = think that following all the rules or flying "safe" airplanes or never = doing any maneuver that isn't "standard" makes you a safe pilot, do = yourelf, your family and all the rest of us a favor: tear up your = licence and never fly again. For the rest of us, PLEASE, don't ever = stop asking yourself if the judgment you are about to make (whatever it = is) is a safe one. If the Glassair pilot had asked himeself that = question (and given himself an honest answer) he could not possibly have = done what he did.