Original Message

Years ago, while discussing flying in bad weather with another pilot, this being Gulf flying and me being around the 1500 hour level at the time, I made the comment that slowing down made good sense to me.  The other guy made the comment; if you have to slow down, you are admitting to an inadequate level of skill and experience.  I actually considered his response for at least a minute or two before realizing how wrong he was.  Btw, he is not around anymore; was killed along with his pax in a fuel starvation incident years later.  And I'm still standing.  You can slow a helicopter down, and land almost anywhere.  You can have all of the sophistication that money can buy, but you can't buy common sense.

Z