In the late 1970s. I had an opportunity to use cockpit resource management skills before the FAA made a big thing about it. I was flying a 1939 Grumman G-21A Goose on one of our scheduled flights from Juneau, Alaska, to Skagway, then to Haines, and back to Juneau. I had been flying for the air taxi operator for about four years. I had just taken off from the Skagway airport when I thought, Darn it. Something's not right as I gave the last crank on the gear handle.
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