Lucille:
still can’t get my head around the idea that a guy with 40 plus years of experience doesn’t have the self confidence to just say “sorry, we can’t get through. We’re turning around and landing at ZZZ have a chicken parmi at the pub and try again tomorrow morning”.
”It looks a little dark up ahead but the area forecast is fine.”
‘’’The cloud ceiling is dropping a little but it’s dead flat up ahead once I’m out of this valley”.
”There is plenty of room to deviate around that whisp of cloud in front. I can still maintain VMC”.
”The cloud is on top of the hills but I can still see the ground on track ahead of me. I’m still 100 percent safe, this isn’t scud running”.
”If I manouver around this cloud, I will remain VMC and I should have open skies ahead once again”.
”There is sunlight the other side of this cloud in front, that means I’m almost out of this stuff if I can get around it in VMC.”
Or so I thought. I’m one of the lucky ones. I will never take that seductive, lethal, invitation again.