lifeafteraviation. I don't think aterpster is being arrogant. I think he is talking about his life in aviation.
I do wonder about you. Following the rules and SOPs and (AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT ONE) using good judgement does get you through pretty safely in this business.
The best regulation in the USA is the FAA regulation which allows the pilot in command to deviate from the regulations to keep things safe. I could quote it exactly but it exists in different forms in different sections of the regs.
Aterpster knows quite a bit about instrument approaches . He also hails from TWA. I remember coming back from a TWA inteview about 30 years ago. A deadheading pilot for TWA and I had a nice conversation about flying. He was a total gentleman and we spoke of how he got called into the chief pilot's office for approaching KPHL at Vref plus 25 in the new 767s and was automatically reported. The landing was fine, but SOP said he should have diverted. They went on to talk about how TWA had issued all of its pilots, the davies book. And that the book was how TWA flew.
I have great respect for the TWA boys, at least in the early years.
They, like many pilots, have been screwed over.
But that aterpster is here, chatting with us is a plus.
LIFEafteraviation: Did something bad happen to you? Did you land at the wrong place? Or didn't judge the wx right?