[Rhodes22-list] Flying News - Good and Bad

[Saroj Gilbert]

Good for you on the decision to save the horses... not quite sure what your 
alternatives were, but I like the choice... did you lose the aircraft as a 
result of that decision?  Curious about how they were taken off safely... I 
understand that horses tend to get wild in the face of fires... I assume 
their handlers were on board too, but wondered... Some friends of ours 
manage a horse ranch in CA... mostly polo horses... during the CA fires of 
2003, they evacuated nearly 200 of them in approx 4 hours... obviously with 
LOTS of help from friends and colleagues... plus they have some rather large 
horse carrying rigs...

Congrats on the new position.... sounds like it will suit you well!

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Flying News - Good and Bad


> Here's the good news - I put in my application for a
> flex instructor position a few weeks ago, today I
> interviewed, they hired me on the spot.  Flex
> Instructors teach for about three months at a time and
> fly for a month, then go back to teaching.  Good duty
> if you like to teach!  Second, I had and engine fire
> last week right in front of the B terminal at Newark.
> Not supposed to happen but it did on my watch.  We had
> a gazillion dollars worth of racehorces on board and I
> chose to save the horses.  The NTSB and others have
> been all over my ass second guessing decisions.  I
> made the right call.  They've backed off. Third,
> here's the bad news.  For eight years I've worn
> nothing but a cheap polyester pilot uniform or
> jeans/shorts and boat shoes.  Now I have to go to
> Costco and buy some Dockers and Polo shirts to look
> like some somebody, business casual they say. The new
> job means more time for sailing!  Somedays a hero,
> other days a goat!
>
> Brad
>
>
>
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