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You gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em…
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https://youtu.be/7hx4gdlfamo?si=jHI_GZUsvkGwdB48
Topic:
In an attempt to be conservative in the name of safety, many pilots elect to “not go” when weather conditions or “mission parameters” exceed what they consider to be ideal. While no one is blaming you for not wanting to fly when the conditions are perfect, be honest: you didn’t buy your airplane as a lawn ornament. You bought it to fly. To maximize your opportunity. To be able to put your kids to bed every night instead of having to sit in airport terminals all day or sleep in hotels. To be with your wife more nights than not. To make your life better.
The purpose of this lesson is to help pilots have a fuller understanding of how to think about the go/no-go decisions and how to extract maximum opportunity with their airplane without accepting intolerable risks.
Basically, how to know when to hold em, or when to fold em.
How to know when to “go” so that you don’t miss opportunities worth taking, and how to know when the risk does not outweigh the reward.
Pilots are not gamblers, there is an element of decision making when you got to “know when to hold em” or “when to fold em.”
When do you fly versus when not to fly?
When as PIC do you call a “go” versus when you call a “no-go?”
Every flight is a mission. The PIC is responsible for the successful outcome of that mission. Define success as: everyone is alive without a scratch and the airplane is not damaged. You could add more to that if you desire. But ultimately, being on the ground, safe, alive, and with an airplane you could fly tomorrow is pretty good… not gonna lie.
Every mission starts out with a “go score” of 100%. Meaning, in a perfect world, every flight is an automatic “go.”
Innocent until proven guilty? Think “go” until proven “no go.”