Once I’ve landed, my assessment of a flight switches from the “how-goz-it” while airborne to the “how-went-it” when I’m safely on the ground. When I did my self-debrief following the last leg of my flight home after attending AirVenture in Oshkosh in August, two quotes seemed apropos of my efforts to successfully negotiate my way around the summer storms.
John Maynard Keynes said, “When the facts change, I change my mind.” Some might call that “flip-flopping,” but it’s a sentiment that pilots who should constantly check the “facts” during a flight — and politicians — would do well to embrace.
