A few thoughts that come to my mind:
-When flying low level speed is life. With 250 Knots you can pull on the yoke to get out of trouble immediatly. Low and slow is way more dangerous. Low and slow and idle descent (like Habsheim) can get you really fast into trouble.
-Overflying your hometown is extra dangerous. It is hard to check the airspace/speed/instruments when you know every street down there. And it is so tempting to go a bit lower or use some extra bank.
Many years ago my captain had to over g our C160 Transall to pull up over his hometown. Instead of 60 degree bank we were suddenly at 70 plus and he allowed the nose to drop a bit. (Of course no indication of any bank here..)
-The last flight before retirement is, well at least special. I remember an incident when a german Tornado pilot wrecked his landing gear on his very last landing. Trying to make it "special" because every one was watching.
-I read a study on the fear of flying. Can't remember the exact numbers, but about somewhere around 30 percent of our passengers are quite happy when they are safely on the ground again. Not to mention people that are really scared to fly and just endure the flight.
What is fun in the cockpit might cause some issues in the cabin.
So for me its a nogo and not fair to our paying customers.
Last edited by Farmer106; 14th April 2026 at 07:36.