Yesterday was yet another new experience for me. It all began when customers I was flying showed up 30 minutes late. The plan was to fly them to Pweto for a two hour meeting and then bring them back before nightfall. The plan was good so long as we were airborn by 3:45 PM. When we got to Pweto I told them that I wanted to meet at the airplane at 3:30 so that we would make our departure. They agreed.
3:30 rolled around and there was no passengers. Better yet, 3:45 and 4:00 rolled around with no sign of them. It was then that I made up my mind that we were not getting back in time to be legal. I eventually ran down to the village and met them on their way back up the mountain. They were in a hurry but did not realize that I had made up my mind that we were not going. The long in short of it is that I got to rough the night in Pweto. Since the passengers had no extra clothes, they were much less than impressed.
The one lady, after seeing that I had brought a change of clothes, actually accused me of planning it this way. I think she was just trying to give me a hard time. They all ended up being cool with it, and we eventually had a good evening out on the town. It was good times.
