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These things I know to be true...
Dec. 16th, 2006 06:28 amWhen flying from San Francisco - if there is a slight grey over cast, then you will be leaving late.
When the pilot makes the cabin address from the front of the plane and stresses he's had 40 years as a jet aircraft pilot and uses the words "pretty bad", then you know it's probably a mistake to bother flying.
When the crew are nervous and snappy right through departure, then you have a right to be a nervous passenger.
The pilot saying he's got slotted into a 145 mph jet stream but that when he leaves it then things will get rough, then he's not lying.
In short, when a once a decade storm is racing into your destination airport, you probably ought to think about an extra night without travel.
The amazing thing was, after all this, and the 50mph wind speed _across_ the runway, the touch down was almost perfect. The approach was pretty fecking scary, but the landing was text book. We clapped, it seemed like the right thing to do, 40 years experience seemed to count for something.
The crew were a lot more comfortable when we were on the ground.
However, I also know that after such a storm, not checking the local news is dumb. That way I could have saved myself the drive to Redmond today, and the 2 hour drive back...
When the pilot makes the cabin address from the front of the plane and stresses he's had 40 years as a jet aircraft pilot and uses the words "pretty bad", then you know it's probably a mistake to bother flying.
When the crew are nervous and snappy right through departure, then you have a right to be a nervous passenger.
The pilot saying he's got slotted into a 145 mph jet stream but that when he leaves it then things will get rough, then he's not lying.
In short, when a once a decade storm is racing into your destination airport, you probably ought to think about an extra night without travel.
The amazing thing was, after all this, and the 50mph wind speed _across_ the runway, the touch down was almost perfect. The approach was pretty fecking scary, but the landing was text book. We clapped, it seemed like the right thing to do, 40 years experience seemed to count for something.
The crew were a lot more comfortable when we were on the ground.
However, I also know that after such a storm, not checking the local news is dumb. That way I could have saved myself the drive to Redmond today, and the 2 hour drive back...
