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Old 15th Feb 2010, 17:20
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Agaricus bisporus
 
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All the smart answers aside, just what the hell do you expect the poor fella to do if he is en route to an island destination with crap terminal weatherand nowhere else to go? You can blether on all you like about what he "should" or "might" or "ought" to have done. He doesn't have that luxury.

"Open or not, I have no option to be landing there. Talk to me , or don't, as you wish. I'm still landing."

BBK, if the only place your fuel will take you is a 55tk crosswind on a wet and unattended runway with emergency services at least accessible eventually or a 120KT ditching into wind into a totally unattended Hamilton Harbour which would you prefer?

Assuming he had correctly considered the en-route weather and flight planning on that route then what was Bermuda doing closing in his face if he had nowhere else to go?

Probably more to this than meets the eye...
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