unicate wrote:

He interrupted me, pushed my
hand away from the panel and said, "I don't want to hear all that sh*t
... you have more important things to do, like *fly the plane*!"

How high above ground were you? That would be the correct attitude at, say,
500'AGL, but not so good at 5,000' AGL. Of course, if a piston comes through the
cowling, it really doesn't matter how high you are, but it would be a shame to
crash a plane because you failed to switch tanks when you had several minutes to
try it.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.