Onwards and Upwards!

A strange thing happened on the flight back from the UK.  We boarded as normal, taxied from the gate to the runway, then were told that we were turning around to have a mechanical issue looked at.

Now I don’t know about you, but when a pilot says that there may be a mechanical issue, it does not make you think happy thoughts!  But, my philosophy is that if something is going to happen it is going to happen.  We just have to get on with living right?  No point worrying about what might happen.

So, we got back to the terminal and after 20mins or so the pilot said all was well and that everything was working properly.  He said that we would be taking off as soon as we had found the bags for the 2 people that left the plane.  The 2 people that left the plane?  Yes, that’s right, 2 people I suppose got very nervous and decided to jump ship, so it took another hour to get them and their bags of the plane.

Now I am not judging anybody here. They could have left the plane for a number of reasons, it’s just that the most obvious one is fear of something going wrong mechanically.

It made me think about me being the pilot for this website.  Some folks will get nervous from time to time, so nervous that they will want to get off, even before we take off, as we may hit some speed bumps on our way to take off.  However, like the pilot of my plane from the UK.  He knows that the plane is safe, just as I know that my system works.  The pilot knows he will get to his destination, just as much as I know that people will make money if they just jump on board and follow my every move.

It’s a lot of responsibility being a pilot.  But my pilot would not have taken off if he thought he could not get me there safe.  My point being, don’t let the fear of failure get in the way of your destination.

May today be a profitable day…for all of us.

John