Where to park a Cessna near the CBD?
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On eyre - Very good, and very commendable. Yes, I was being serious. However, as somewhere around 90% of aircraft crashes are invariably listed as "pilot error", there are unfortunately, numerous pilots who don't follow your inviolable rules - and who invariably disobey Rule 1.
What I am saying, is although this bloke does appear to have taken his eye off the fuel ball for an extended period (who knows what other pressures he was under?) until the situation deteriorated to an "Oh, S***!!" moment ... he did manage to save himself and his pax from what was obviously a major initial piloting error, by actions that were all the right ones, from then on.
As the old saying goes, "there but for the Grace of God ...."
One would trust that he has learnt a major lesson, the hard way. Unfortunately there will always be those numbers of people (including pilots) whose only way of learning important lessons, is via the hard way.
What I am saying, is although this bloke does appear to have taken his eye off the fuel ball for an extended period (who knows what other pressures he was under?) until the situation deteriorated to an "Oh, S***!!" moment ... he did manage to save himself and his pax from what was obviously a major initial piloting error, by actions that were all the right ones, from then on.
As the old saying goes, "there but for the Grace of God ...."
One would trust that he has learnt a major lesson, the hard way. Unfortunately there will always be those numbers of people (including pilots) whose only way of learning important lessons, is via the hard way.
