[Swiftwater Gazette] Brad check in!

[Brad Haslett]

Elle,

Flying is supposed to be safe - it is safe.  It is one of the most
boring professions one could choose and not nearly as challenging as
something like teaching school.  Teaching flying is a bit more
interesting but still basically boring.  It is supposed to be that
way, otherwise, no one would climb on an airplane.  That said, the
number one killer is complacency, and number two is brief moments of
neglect.  I have no idea what happened here and won't know for at
least two years. Luck threw me a sweet deal over the weekend with one
more trip in the DC-10 to New Orleans.  We had a ball on the boat we
took out yesterday and every day I get to spend laughing with my
brother is a day spent in paradise. We'd probably be wealthy if we
could stop giggling for five minutes.

I feel so bad for the families.  You worry about flyers when they go
off to war and get shot at (most of my contemporaries are Vietnam War
and Gulf War 1 guys) and now I fly with a lot of 'kids' who are Gulf
War 2 vets.  You are supposed to go to work at your civilian job and
come home at the end of the day.

What is it about this teacher thing that is so alluring?  I've been
out of instructing for two weeks and am already 'busting my ass' to
put together 15 minutes of material for the seminar I'm teaching in
three weeks as a volunteer. Faking being President of the United
States would be an easier task!

Brad

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM, elle <ragdollelle at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Brad,
>
> I feel great sorrow for the families of the pilots but am very glad you were not flying that plane.
>
> elle
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> --- On Mon, 3/23/09, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Swiftwater Gazette] Brad check in!
>> To: SwiftwaterGazette at mailman.theswiftwatergazette.com
>> Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 11:06 AM
>> Here's the update - there is no
>> update.  An MD-11 crashed on landing
>> and the pilots were killed.  Call me back in two years
>> and I'll tell
>> you the whole story.  God be with the wife and
>> children of the pilots
>> 'Gone West'.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cMK9LUnzI
>> >
>> > Rik,  you know as much now as I know.  No word yet
>> on who the crew
>> > members were - Japanese news confirms both dead.  The
>> industry boards
>> > don't have any info except high winds - 47 knots - no
>> info on the
>> > crosswind component.  The MD-11 is the same airplane
>> as mine but with
>> > computers to replace the third man.  This will be our
>> first fatality
>> > in 36 years of flying.
>> >
>> > I'm going out on the town - update first thing in the
>> morning.
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > 2009/3/22 Eric Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com>:
>> >> Ed, Brad,
>> >>
>> >> What'd I miss?
>> >>
>> >> Rik
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Brad Haslett
>> <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Ed,
>> >>>
>> >>> Spent last night lost on Bourbon Street in New
>> Orleans.  Spent today
>> >>> lost on a big time 'mother of all carbon
>> footprint' boats out to Ship
>> >>> Island near Gulfport, MS with big brother and
>> business partner,
>> >>> Brother Gary and a fellow contractor and his
>> wife.  I'm back in NOLA
>> >>> (Sunday night) on my last of the "last nights"
>> in the DC-10.  The new,
>> >>> new Far East tour won't start till this fall.
>>  I'll rejoin the world
>> >>> starting tomorrow morning with some new
>> directions.  The third week of
>> >>> April I'm headed back to Orlando as a guest
>> participant of the
>> >>> Advanced Baron Seminar (twin-engine version of
>> my personal airplane)
>> >>> and I need to "brush-up" a bit since I haven't
>> flown a Baron in 27
>> >>> years. These guys are all wealthy Baron owners
>> and expect something
>> >>> other than standard BS for their money. All
>> this time off is killing
>> >>> me!
>> >>>
>> >>> Brad
>> >>>
>> >>> 2009/3/22 Ed Kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net>:
>> >>> > Brad,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Tell us you were not in the far east.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Ed K
>> >>> >
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