Just wanted to say something

To all of those who have read my post about my Erie trip, this is for you.

Since the incident occurred and since I've made that post, I've been getting mixed responses about how I handled the incident. For those who have read what happened and agree with what I did, I thank you for your support. For those of you who don't agree with what I did, I encourage you to also feel free to express your thoughts. However, please keep the responses civilized and respectful. Trust me, I've been at odds with my own mind whether I did the right thing or not. It's been two weeks since the incident, and I'm still a little shaken up, anxious, and occasionally upset. Therefore, it's been very difficult to receive hostile e-mails dictating to me what I should've done and that I supposedly violated this rule and that rule. Furthermore, it doesn't exactly make me feel any better either when somene says that I don't know what I'm talking about and that my knowledge of aviation is null. I would NEVER had made the post if I knew that I would've received such harsh criticism.

I feel as though many people have made their OWN conclusion after reading my report. That's just not logical. My conclusion IS the conclusion. What happened is what I experienced, not what anyone THINKS I experienced.

To conclude, I'd just like to assert that I made a decision, carried it out, and everything turned out fine. In reality, it ended up being just a big inconvenience because the plane had to be flown out the next day and some lessons were cancelled. I won't say that it was all perfect and a textbook case. There were some aspects of the incident which I wish I could do over, but I just can't. It's just like an athlete who, after he or she lost a race, thinks of what they should've done to win. On the other hand, there were many things that I'm glad I did. It's valuable experience like this that creates a better pilot, even if it really sucked going through it.

Thanks for reading.