ABSTRACT
The importance of judgment in aviation was made clear to me, when, as a new hire, my boss and I flew a Cessna 205 with a load of passengers from the USA midwest to Colorado for a meeting at the Air Force Academy during the early spring. After landing for fuel in Kansas, we prepared for our final leg to Colorado Springs where the weather was 'Sky obscured, 1/4 mile visibility' and forecast to remain the same for the rest of the day. At my boss's suggestion, we filed for Colorado Springs, with Denver Arapaho (weather, 'clear') as the alternate. During this leg, my boss (flying in the right seat) was on the radio from time to time asking for updates on the weather at Colorado Springs. 'Has anyone landed there today'? 'No', was the reply, 'One Lear tried earlier in the day but missed'. Despite this, he kept asking me to consider going to Colorado Springs.
