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What do you think the path you're currently taking is, and what effects do you think it's having? Well, aviation is shrinking, especially the recreational side of things that I think most of us are here for. There are (finally) lots of people pursuing pro pilot jobs now that low-end pay has...

Ah yes. I hate that, but that was also insurance driven, at least for the multis. I think that requirement can be done in a non-complex single these days, though, and in that case it's just dumb. No, that's one of the more useful bits you listed (and yes, I have my tailwheel and time in several...

Interesting. I didn't realize it moved that much. It still kinda looks like a mid wing, but it's definitely set quite a bit lower. And OMG looking at this angle... How on earth does that come out the top? :o Is it a one-piece spar and everything above it has to be removed? Yikes. :o

Huh? Total resolution might be the same, but the 530 was physically bigger.

What if you can get training that gets rid of restrictions, or there are other mitigations in place? The idea is to only eliminate operations with a high likelihood of a crash. People don't like being restricted, but they also don't like crashing. It's basically just attempting to add a layer...

I think it was in the OpSpecs. We didn't have to do it until we got the 135 cert. We've gone in so many circles on this now I don't know what you're talking about any more. :rofl: Gonna have to take a trip back through the thread again later. My want is to come up with new ideas that could...

How long has it been since THAT was a thing? I trained 21 years ago and didn't have to do a 100nm leg. The insurance companies seem to have killed that off more so than the FAA. And the supply of beat up old Arrows and Cutlasses wasn't going to last forever. You mean SIC PDP? IMO, that was a...

Again... It was merely a starting point. Really? I had to apply it on our TBMs. If you mean TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA then yes many runways don't have those. But I'm talking about TORA which is pretty much just runway length and LDA which is runway length minus a displaced threshold...

Ah OK, I see what you're saying. I'm talking more about "the leans" that new pilots tend to get upon entering a cloud, while it sounds to me like you're talking more about the decisionmaking process that happens in deteriorating weather. The latter is a good scenario to talk through, and I think...

Extra is a mid wing isn't it?

No, I'm suggesting that using 60% of the runway is a good starting point and there are various ways that could be done. Also, are you talking simply about the planned vs actual?

I bought my plane in 2012. In 2017 I added a WAAS GPS. I don't think I've flown anything but an LPV approach in it since, except for IPCs. Vertically guided approaches to darn near every runway around. It's a wonderful world we're living in now. Prior to the WAAS GPS, I occasionally had to...

Ugh. This made me feel just like when I watched the video of the plane departing a really long grass strip with a really long flat grassy area past it, being unable to climb but not aborting, and finally crashing into trees. Hope does not provide lift.

I never said that. I would say that inadequate training is a factor in nearly all those accidents. If you have truly been adequately trained, you won't have a base-to-final stall-spin because you'll be doing the things you need to do to prevent that. Take the student up to 10,000 feet. Tell...

Better resale value in the next 10 years... And yes, more features that we don't even know about. For example, I got a GTN 750 in late 2017. Then they came out with the 750Xi: Higher resolution, brighter display, updated CPU, faster map rendering, smoother panning, faster startup, all merely...

One thing you can do: At Oshkosh, you can go to Garmin's booth and they have packages of stickers that are actual size versions of all their stuff. They're not super sticky, they come right off so you can put them on your panel and move them around: Jeez... $495 for an owner to play around...

For takeoff, if you're not at 71% of liftoff speed by 30% of the runway, you're not going to be off the ground by 60% of the runway, so that's still reasonably simple to deal with. You could monitor this and have a system call "Go around! Go around" if you haven't touched down either in the...

I was pretty excited about this until I saw what others said... Sigh. I have one of those too, and it sucks even more than the mandate ones. I am definitely planning to inherit my dad's gas cans. I thought that was Gallagher? ("And we call them apartments when they're all stuck together!")

In any case, it's always best to err on the side of caution. I'd agree that 34R is pretty standard, but for 16L I'd tell them I need a runup, and I"d call back when I was done before re-entering the movement area, unless there's something published in the chart supplement or recorded on the ATIS...

Slow. Down. Both with the amount of things you're trying to accomplish at once, and with what you're doing in the cockpit. You should never be in a hurry in an airplane. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. Why did you fail the checkride? What did you learn from the experience? If you can...