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Originally Posted by Seahawk
She had to have the right equipment, transponder Mode C, etc., to even be in the Hobby airspace so they could have sent her away and followed her progress.
Trust me, the controllers did all the right things.
One of the the things I used to do as an instrument check pilot, standardization pilot, NVG instructor pilot, maintenance test pilot, etc. when things would get a bit salty is get straight and level, get a few minutes to orient then get back in the game.
She needed to know what to ask, to focus on on anything other than gethomeitis to Hobby.
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I didn't want to assume anything in regards to Hobby.
I do know somewhat what she was going through. Back in 1987 I was flying, as a STUDENT pilot with all of 30 hours, a 152 to KCID and in the pattern I was told to make a short final behind the 737 to make room for the DC10. I did, and I came in hotter than normal with less flaps and landed further down the runway to avoid vortices. Even though I have more "experience" today I have not flown weekly like in flight school and I know I wouldn't attempt that same flight today.