Originally Posted by
Gordy
As others have said.... YES it is.......
As SASless has not yet said on this thread:
Ass----Tin----Ticket
This is my first mantra, we can mitigate risk to save to one of 3 levels.... I can save my ticket, or I can risk a little more and even save the aircraft and then mitigate more to even save my life...
Ultimately one is judged by what people say at your funeral, or what is said about you on anonymous forums like PPrune or worse yet Justhelicopters. My second mantra is "what will they say about me"... And to make it clear again... Should I go in an aircraft accident-- I insist it is discussed on this forum without the condolences... Our biggest learning tool is learning from other peoples mistakes.... Mrs "Gordy" will not be offended, and has been primed to expect the worst, and SASless will be the prime leader/moderator. of the thread.
I see Gordy, you haven't seen that kind of operations.
Sure I don't wanna become statistics.
Still, I need to decide on a flight to flight basis.
Just canceling missions because a cloud is under the "should-mark" is to easy.
It's about risk management, knowing when you take them and how big they are and sharing this decision with the crew.
And - keeping options, in case weather gets worse....
I'm actually more scared flying on weekend afternoons, when low time privat pilots and sailplanes etc. crowd the sky ....
Busy playing with their ipads and GoPros and don't look out, as they should....
At night with crab weather it's about me, my skills and my decision making, wether I will come home or not ...