Unicom: 04/04

Dump the Overheads
After reading Chuck Griswold’s letter, “Danger from the Overhead” [Unicom, February] and Mr. Bertorelli’s response, what disturbs me most was Mr. Bertorelli’s comment regarding “..merely in the service of lowest common denominator behavior...”

The LCD reference, at least to me, has always implied “less intelligent” or “less skilled.” And it seems to in this case as well. If that was the author’s intent, then I take strong exception and I think your editors should as well, for what he is suggesting is that this is a technique that can be used by “better” pilots as long as they use common sense. On the assumption that that was the intended message, allow me...