Originally Posted by jondc9
the reason this happened is that pilots screw up and quite frankly aren't as professional as one would hope.
Don't think for a moment somthing equally unprofessional didn't happen in this case.
jon
Hello Jon,
Where you there? This is a pretty strong accusation you make here. As far as I understand based upon one situation you encountered in your flying carreer.
As mentioned by someone else in a previous post .... there can be various reasons for this to happen. I agree that a pilot should be sure there is two way radio communication. But sometimes things go wrong. Maybe beacause both pilots were reading a golf magazine, or the playboy, or the .... The exact reason in this case I don't know. Do you?
Get my point?
Happy flying.