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There's an unwritten rule in aviation that says you should never interrupt a pilot's pre-flight inspection of the aircraft, and the reasons seem obvious. But when it comes to tying down a couple of canoes onto the van, interruptions seem to come out of the woodwork, "So, how's the canoeing-- you just coming or going? You need a hand with that?"
I used to stop and talk, you know-- be polite. I did a poor tie-down during such an interruption and almost suffered a disaster-- I was lucky, however, to have had another pair of eyes along that caught the oversight.
While I try not to be rude, I do say something like, "I have to stay focussed on this tie-down job or I'll forget what I'm doing and screw it up. Please excuse me for a few minutes."
I used to stop and talk, you know-- be polite. I did a poor tie-down during such an interruption and almost suffered a disaster-- I was lucky, however, to have had another pair of eyes along that caught the oversight.
While I try not to be rude, I do say something like, "I have to stay focussed on this tie-down job or I'll forget what I'm doing and screw it up. Please excuse me for a few minutes."
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