jesse
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Not everyone has what it takes -- and some people -- after an incident realize that and decide to back off. To each their own.
What would make you stop flying?
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flyersfan31
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If you don't have the right vibe, stay out of the air. Dunno what that guy's issue was, but if you're not feeling right, you shouldn't be flying. I support his decision.
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I know a little more than what I am willing to say publicly. But I think he made the right decision. Staying current is not the only thing one must do, one must also stay proficient, and when one is unable to maintain proficiency no matter how much they practice then it may be time to pack it in.
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What a stupid response from someone who knows absolutlely nothing more about the situation than a three-line internet post. The guy has evidently flown safely for a lot of years and a lot of hours. You think there's a chance he might understand his situation better than you do?
PittsDriver
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And I suspect that he has better reasons for quitting then just "the odds are against me because I've been doing it so long." Which I agree, on the surface, doesn't by itself seem like a rational reason to quit. The math doesn't work that way. But it really doesn't matter what the reason is. We quit when the reasons for not doing it outweigh the reasons for doing it even if the reason for quitting is that "I don't feel like it anymore."
It's a little hard for me to imagine ever quitting and I think I'll be that old coot who fires up his J-3 and rides around the farmland low enough to smell the chickens even when my family is trying to take away my car keys. My good friend and mentor is 72 and still lands with the G-meter in his aerobatic plane pegged both ways +/- so there's always hope to be doing this for a long time yet...
One Short
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I have a friend who will turn 87 in March. He announced last month that he was going to quit flying. He has only flown a few times in the last year and then just up and around the house a little. Last time out he had to do a go around once out of 4 landings and decided his skills were slipping and it was time to quit. He has been a good pilot, but I like the idea that he made his own decision on when it was time to quit.
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