Orval Fairbairn wrote in
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I read the article -- it does not excuse the airmanship.

Would you take off in a Cessna 172 with fully topped off fuel
tanks, 3 passengers, and 350 pounds of camping gear from an
airport at 7,000 feet and it's 110 degrees outside with a
13 kt tailwind?

Is that airmanship?

The pilot/captain/pic is 'god'. They have the penultimate
authority to do what is necessary to carry out the flight
successfully. With that goes the penultimate responsibility
to ACTUALLY do what is necessary.

Airmanship involves more than just yanking the yoke around.

I'm not even a pilot (yet?) and I realize this.

Brian
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