Radio Saigon
 

I didn't refer to you in my post. If the cap fits, chum... :ooh:

I have made a LOT of stupid decisions in aeroplanes and I have committed both the sins that have killed our comrades today and yesterday. Through luck or good management I didn't wear through the last layers of safety (or I haven't yet)

If I die in an aircraft accident (as PIC) there is a 70-80% probability that I made a really dumb decision that directly led to the accident. I have repeatedly told my wife and parents that and same goes for all of us.

...and at the risk of hubris ... if I spear it in, fill yer boots.

I won't care... I'll be dead.

I would also hope that my mistakes are held up as an example to others, no matter how stupid I have been :sad:

A wise man once told me that the key to success in this game depends solely on how you hold your mouth. I looked puzzled initially, so he answered my question. 'You can tell a lot about what is going through a persons mind by the way they hold their mouth.’ If someone has a confident grin, then they are probably in control of their actions. If they looked shocked, then they have probably done something for the first time, or they just realised that they’ve done something that they probably shouldn’t. However the most important thing about how you how you hold your mouth is how big it needs to be if someone asks you to swallow a piece of….
Humble Pie.
There are many ingredients in humble Pie, the most flavoursome being pride. You will definitely taste the pride as you swallow your first piece. The remaining ingredients are like the eleven secret herbs and spices, mysterious though a recognisable flavour. As life goes on, you’ll grow accustomed to the taste and might learn to savour the flavour. If you live to be older and bolder, normally it becomes your job to pass on the recipe to the younger generation. When someone tells you that they’ve eaten it before, believe them, it is true. Everybody eats humble pie, sooner or later.

If you don’t like Humble Pie and aren’t prepared to eat it, then the next time you are in a situation which warrants eating another piece, you might be wishing that you had a tasting, just for good karma. A frosty cold beverage aids digestion. Obey your thirst…SIMPLE.

Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed

Responsibility lies with those who could act but do not, it lies with those who could learn but do not, and for those who evaluate it can add to their capacity to make interventions which might make all our lives the safer.

My guess is Horatio and RadioSaigon have had more than the odd serving of pie judging by their posts, and I'd lay a penny to a pound Wally would admit to sneaking the odd piece. I've had more than my share.

Thanks Brian Abraham for your words of wisdom.:ok:

TID