Mitchell Hashimoto (VisionJet owner, HashiCorp founder, Vercel board member) says he is giving up flying because he no longer has the time to commit to flying safely
Here's the ATC audio clip of my final landing ever. From humble beginnings in a DA40 to ~600 hours in a Vision Jet at 31,000 feet, I love to fly. Due to my growing personal and professional obligations, my final and best ADM decision as a PIC was to stop.
This was my toughest landing. The skies were clear. The wind was straight down the runway. It's my home field I've landed at hundreds of times. But I knew it was my last.
You can't hear it in the clip but my voice felt shaky. I'm doing my best to focus on a safe landing but I knew that was the last "cleared to land" readback I'd ever give. The landing was smooth. I parked the jet, locked her up, and gave her one last pat on the nose. We had good times.
I'm no longer a pilot.
Locking in for what's next.
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