bart
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- Nov 26, 2001
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Situation: Just finished a Life Link (Organ Harvest) flight in your twin turboprop and are done for the day. Skirted a squall line getting into the airport. We are now 36 miles from home, with a level 4 15 miles across between us and home. Going around is an option, but there are numerous other storms in the area requiring a 100+ mile divert. It is 7 pm and the storm will be gone in an hour, and there is a restaurant on the field.
Do you:
A) Punch through it at 3000 feet (2,000 AGL), hell it don't look that bad. I've done it plenty before.
B) Go get dinner and fly home VFR.
C) Fly around the storm, using the time it would take to eat to fly, but still saving 30 minutes over waiting it out.
I chose B) and the Captain chose A). I am curious how other professional pilots stand on this, I felt I did the right thing, but he is still pissed with me for refusing to fly into it.
Do you:
A) Punch through it at 3000 feet (2,000 AGL), hell it don't look that bad. I've done it plenty before.
B) Go get dinner and fly home VFR.
C) Fly around the storm, using the time it would take to eat to fly, but still saving 30 minutes over waiting it out.
I chose B) and the Captain chose A). I am curious how other professional pilots stand on this, I felt I did the right thing, but he is still pissed with me for refusing to fly into it.