I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEARS FLYING...
I UNDERSTAND HOW PLANES FLY...AND HOW THEY ARE ROUTED...AND THE REDUNDANCIES...AND PROTOCOLS...ETC...
BUT I FORGOT ABOUT THE "BLIND SPOTS..."
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A PLANE COULD BE TOTALLY OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE WORLD...GIVEN THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY...?
THE NOTION OF FLYING RIGHT INTO A MASSIVE LINE OF VERY HIGH THUNDERSTORMS....IS JUST NOT ALLOWED UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES....
PLANES DON'T FLY INTO THUNDERSTORMS...IT'S SUICIDE...
STORMS ARE USUALLY SO BIG AND SLOW...AND PLANES SO SMALL AND FAST THAT THEY CAN OUT RUN AND OUT DISTANCE THE STORMS WITH EASE...
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THAT RARE LONG UNBROKEN LINE OF STORMS... WHERE PILOTS EARN THEIR MONEY...AND TRY TO FIND A "SADDLE" TO RUN THROUGH ...WEAVING BETWEEN THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS OF STORMY WEATHER...!
A RISKY BUSINESS TO BE SURE... I'VE BEEN ON A COUPLE OF THOSE FLIGHTS...I HATE FLYING WITH THE ODD COWBOY PILOT THAT BENDS THE RULES AND TAKES CHANCES....BUT STILL...
I DONT' FEAR FLYING...
I ALWAYS ASSUME THAT MY PLANE WON'T CRASH...AND THAT I'D BEST BE PLANNING WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ON THE GROUND...RATHER THAN WASTING TIME WORRYING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS A 1 IN 100,000 CHANCE OF HAPPENING...
PEOPLE WHO THINK THEIR PLANE WILL BE THE ONE THAT CRASHES ARE PROBABLY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO THINK THEIR LOTTERY TICKET WILL BE A WINNER...!
I NEVER EXPECT TO WIN THE LOTTERY...
AND SO FAR IT'S WORKED OUT JUST FINE...
