RyanShort1

I wish people would put “I don’t give a flying **** what anybody else thinks” in the first paragraph instead of the last.

Good lord I’m going back to the math thread.

I've been flying for 30 years but have recently become a fan of the word "abnormal" when it comes to things that happen in the air. I...

This is a very underrated opinion. If you disagree, look up invulnerability.

It's all too easy to look at an accident and say "What an idiot" about the pilot. I know, I've done in myself plenty of times. It...

This all seems correct, from a non-interested observer's point of view, but the goal of the airboss was to bring them all down to the...

I'm not suggesting a solution, only noting that destroying the organization won't fix anything. IMO, this was a series of mistakes with...

Yep. Burn it down. That fixes things. <do we have an emoji for sarcasm?>

well I think the only difference is that "the world" operates by the clock. like a lot of folks...I'm at work until 5PM, and that's not...

I had a discussion with an FAA guy who said that there are usually hand and especially thumb fractures on the pilot flying.

Don’t forget to turn your plane around before you reach the edge. Apparently one of y’all forgot last week and was lost.

Don’t worry about doom and gloom. Learn the material, get the hours, be ready when the flood gates open. Don’t give up. Do the best you...

I disagree. I think the passenger needs to keep talking the pilot into an emergency revocation.

I know of a young flight student who was returning from a solo practice flight when the alternator warning light came on. The student...

A short response to the OP headline… Birds, and planes, and helicopters, and drones, and bats, and insects, and maybe a few other things.