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03/04/10(Thu)17:04:07 No.203510XXX>>203508666 Thanks
:) I do indeed know what a microburst is, and I understand why they're
so dangerous. However, What I'm visualizing is, you're still at cruising
altitude, say an hour and a half out. You get the most updated weather,
and it's not bad enough to divert, but it's looking pretty ugly. You
decide to bring it in for an approach rather than go in to holding, but
it just turns in to a remarkably challenging approach & landing. In
the end, you don't need to go around and you get it on the ground, but
once you taxi up to the gate you sink back in to your chair and take a
deep breath. The passengers have no clue what the kind of skill it took
to enable them to walk obliviously up the jetway, happy to be on time. That's
the kind of pilot skill that impresses me. I'm not a pilot, but I am
somewhat knowledgeable about the subject, and I'm always curious about
scenarios like the one I just outlined. How many times have I walked off
a plane to my waiting family, having no clue the heroics the flight
crew just went through to get me there? |