some private pilots can sometimes be a little cavalier in their attitude towards flying
This can apply to others beside PPLs, don't know about cavalier, but it seemed bad airmanship last night when at least 2 flights joined the hold at LGW after the change to the sby runway, reporting in response to their EAT- "if it is
any longer than that I will have to divert". The sby runway change was notamed and the wx was forecast to be a lot worse than it actually was, surely a case for carrying extra! It may be that these guys were performance limited on departure or had got bad levels but I suspect this was not the case and they then put others out who had taken the extra and ended up with an extra turn round the hold with the additional fuel cost and delay.
