The winds in Nassau were forcasted to be 40+ mph due to tropical storm Gustav which would cause poor visibility and potentialy dangerous diving conditions, so the owners decided late in the night to change the destination to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
I was happy to make the change because it meant we would not have to fly in the direction of a developing category 3 hurricane and we would not have to deal with the customs guys in West Palm Beach, FL who always seem to have a superiority complex for some reason. So off we flew to beautiful Cabo on a 3 1/2 hour flight which took us out over the mainland of Mexico, across the Sea of Cortez and down the Baja pennisula. The flight was smooth and uneventful and we arrived in Cabo with over and hour to spare between our next repositioning flight back to San Antonio, TX. It was nice to chat with some of the handlers down there that I haven't seen in a while.
Not to change the topic, but as I'm writing this at 34,000 ft enroute to Aspen, a Continental airlines flight on frequency has a passenger who is experiencing a heart attack. They are currently trying to figure out which airport they will divert to to get help. It's either going to be Denver or Albuquerque. They just called back and they have a cardiologist and nurse on board tending to the 74 year old female patient. They are diverting to Denver and that plane now has priority over every other plane in the air with the exception of another aircraft with an in-flight mechanical safety of flight type of emergency. Hope everything works out for that lady.
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