"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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Actually, I flew the mail for about eight months over one winter,

I know it seems like it, but our winters don't last eight months. An eight
month job would have been mostly in months with better weather.

SEA-PDX-OAK and return, six nights a week. I don't think I recall ever
landing at PDX when it wasn't raining :-), but I also remember lots and
lots
and lots of VMC.

Flew all of those flights under VFR, did you? Being in the clear doesn't
necessarily mean the conditions are safe for a VFR flight. The fact that
you did it does not necessarily mean you should have, or that someone else
should. Just ask all the dead bush pilots.

I respectfully suggest your memory is failing you if you think that there's
no justification for just coming up with a XC plan that will finish up the
requirement, especially this time of the year. Sure, it'd be great if all
commercial candidates had to fly a brand new, challenging destination for
their XC requirements, but practicality often dictates otherwise.

In any case, eight months over a single season doesn't give you any
justification to question a decision to make a "XC" relatively "local".
David asked a perfectly reasonable question, and didn't deserve your tirade.

Pete