Thanks treadigraph, as time passes I often wonder how I managed to survive so long in aviation and never wrecked an aircraft.
A lot of the credit has to go to the many excellent captains I flew with when I was getting started.
However in the final analysis I somehow managed to say no when I got that feeling things were about to exceed my limits and I credit that with making the difference between failing and succeeding as a pilot..
Few pilots ever figure out that it is not rules and regulations and all the other checks and procedures that make for safe flight.....it is mainly using common sense and never betting your life on something that may kill you if you push to far.
When the airplane gets ahead of where you wanted it to be you have crossed the line from safe to unsafe.
I got fired from a few jobs by saying no to unsafe operations.....but I'm still here.
