75kt gusts in mountain area is outside my comfort zone at least.
The "go take a look" is maybe not so bad way to run things, but we all have different point where we turn back and abort and that decision making should be respected but unfortunately that is not always the case.
Remember the AS-350 crash in Canada few years back, pilot decided to go out on a windy day and on final approach he was caught in some 3500-4000ft downdraft, never had a change..
Last edited by rotorrookie; 19th October 2012 at 01:45.