Originally Posted by
malabo
May also be one of the drawbacks of training in Florida and then being unprepared to deal with that dreadful English weather.
I wouldn't dispute that. Although it would be interesting to see what effect Florida training is actually having on the UK market (in terms of safety and decision making.) Although there is much talk of training in the US, the majority of UK pilots that I know have trained in the UK.
I would personally put the reluctance to land in poor conditions down to 2 further factors: bloody-minded 'pressonitis' and the increasing use of GPS navigation (which can obviously get you through far worse conditions than traditional map & compass navigation can.) Combine these two together and one can quite quickly back oneself into a corner that might be very hard to get out of.
Originally Posted by
malabo
On the pleasure side of what's waiting for you when you make that precautionary landing, in one area I flew there was a spot rumored by pilots to be beside a home for wayward girls. I guess the farmer's daughter myth is still alive.
Is it just a myth? Ah, rats.
