The Pilot's Ten Commandments

[dchriest]

THE PILOT'S TEN COMMANDMENTS

 

 

I Beware of the intersection takeoff for verily the

runway behind thee and altitude above thee are no

more useful than another hole in the head.

 

II Tarry not on active runways for mad confusion may

result causing thee to make like a chopping block.

 

III Ignore not thy checklist, for many are the

switches, valves, and handles waiting to take

vengeance upon thee.

 

IV Look to thy left and to thy right as thou journey

through the sky or thy fellow pilots will surely buy

beers for thy widow and console her in other ways.

 

V Buzz not, for this incurreth the wrath of thy

neighbor and bringeth the fury of the FAA on thy

head and shoulders.

 

VI Takest the measure of thy fuel for verily, a tank

full of air is an embarrassment at 10,000 feet.

Yea, and even more so on departure leg.

 

VII Push not through the scud lest the Angel Gabriel

be waiting on the other side.

 

VIII Trifle not with the thunderstorm for thy wings and

tail feathers are like to be shorn from thy sky

chariot, and thyself be cast about the firmament.

 

IX Be wary of weather prophets for the truth is not

always in them.

 

X Check frequently thy airspeed on final lest the

firmament riseth up and smite thee.

Edited August 19, 2019 by dchriest
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