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Author: been there - done that   Date: 12/1/2023 4:18:02 PM  +0/-1   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

I learned to let my experiences guide me through these issues so let's take a moment to reflect on a few of my experiences related to weather turndowns.


First off, I've had more than one pilot leave a shift briefing after declaring that the weather was not flyable for the entire upcoming shift only to accept a flight request 5 minutes later...W-T-F happened to not-flyable?


Also, I can't begin to tell you the number of times that a pilot declared that weather was 'good-to-go' only to launch and turn back for below minimum weather conditions or to get stuck at the referring facility for hours because of poor weather...again, W-T-F was accomplighed here?


Let me also share that I had 2 separate pilots (over my 26 years in HEMS) leave because they were pi$$ed that the med crews "had too much power in aviation decisions" or "turned down way too many flight request due to weather"...both died in separate weather-related crashes within a year of leaving HEMS.  So much for their weather decision capabilities.  Maybe, just maybe, their aviation careers were were a little bit longer because of medical crew weather turndowns. 


Finally, I can't begin to tell you how many times we landed short of our destination (airport, hospital, or field) only to spend the night because weather closed in....another W-T-F moment.  I can, however, tell you how sickening it was to attend the memorial service for our HEMS crew after their aircraft crashed in (go figure) $-hitty weather...after the pilot convinced them that everything would be just fine.  The absolute worst part of that was having to remain quiet as this dumba-$-$ pilot was professed to be a 'hero' to his family during his eulogy...major W-T-F moment to say the least.


In closing, as long as pilots continue to destroy perfectly good aircraft and kill medical crew members in weather-related crashes, your argument has no merit.  Your attempts at bullying the medical crews by announcing over the radio that 'THEY' turned down the flight will get you nowhere.  Maybe it's time for you to move on where no-one will ever question your weather decision authority and you can share the same fate as the 2 previously mentioned pilots....after all, history does repeat itself!

 
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