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Whoa… I was just in Scotts Bluff, having flown there from Oregon… Even had engine trouble there. Must be something in the air.

The best thing to do is live where I do. I have very good natural disaster karma. Years on the coast, no hurricanes. Years in the Midwest, no tornadoes. Years in CA, no earthquakes. Years by rivers, no flooding. DO NOT go out to eat with me… the worlds WORST service karma. I’ll sum it up...

It’s one of those things where the normal panic response is the WRONG thing to do in a bad situation. And bad situations come along very subtly. If you maintain large spacing, there are very large corrections needed, that can cause these bad situations. A turn into coming right to mind...

I’ve seen policies that literally pay you to move the plane. THAT is by far the BEST thing to do.

Starduster Too. Old obscure Lycoming o-435 on the nose. This is a 50 footer at best, it is 40 plus yrs old. Gent who built it likely had a medical event on takeoff and veered off r/w into a burm. He was unharmed but knocked the gear off and a couple wing panels had to be recovered for...

Yep! We got choices… did just get this going. We won’t mention how long ago I bought it. Coupla issues to iron out, but have a few hours on it now. Fun!

Well, my son actually bought the 182/180. I gotta sell one or two of mine to help… Just flew it from Oregon to Georgia. My dad just got the Taylorcraft. On our way home I ferried it a couple legs closer before a mag gave out. And I’m getting the other Taylorcraft. Some assembly required...

Can’t take it with ya… but if ya could you’d be doing it in style! Good for you!! Uh… where ya based? No reason… Askin for a friend…

Well… I know a guy who is in HIMS for this… Naturally his company paid off a doc to muster up alcohol use disorder diagnosis because sex addiction isn’t a thing anymore. So your medical really isn’t in jeopardy. But your gonna have to quit drinking. Can’t make this stuff up!

The walk around is literally that. It takes the time required to walk around the thing. On BIG jets you can hardly see anything. But literally much further to walk. In the cockpit there are three situations: 1. First flight of the day. 2. New crew. 3. Turnaround with same crew. I dunno...

That’s administrative… but Ed (the head of deltas sms program) admitted in a deposition he hadn’t, as I recall. Ever hear of TPS?

Yep, but WHY did they have their head up their butt? That answer is one step closer. You can stop there, make it illegal to have your head up a butt… but… it already is, didn’t seem to help in this case. If you believe it was a simple one time non systemic event, that’s fine, then nothing is...

Why did you do s turns if you were all on the same track? I’m sure I did s turns in a heavy, but not like I did on light twins and triples… But then again I’ve only ever been on three types of heavies, you’ve prolly seen a lot more. Pulling into a gate with paint, wing walkers and taxi...

I like the FSDO approach. It would hopefully trigger a more operational approach. A PILOT would come interview you. What did you hear exactly? Where did you hear it? What did you see? Whom else could I ask? Etc. Then they (FAA PILOT) would go interview the guy, Already knowing what they...

Or… wait for it… you could TRAIN THE PILOTS. Delta ain’t wasting any money taxiing around that plane for pilot training. He had some check airman point out a grease spot on the ramp as they were taxiing by say “that’s about where your wingtip is.” And that coulda been 15 years ago. Heavy’s...

Nauga nailed it… 1. Electricity on, this was necessary for the igniters. 2. Air on. At 12-15 percent n1, goto idle. This activates igniters and introduces fuel. 3. At 45 percent, air off. 4. When your gyro quits tumbling, disconnect power. Generator comes on automatically. On the ground...

Don’t try to litigate EVERYTHING…. Wow.

There are lots in HIMS for less than this. There IS going to be an “evaluation” so it’s a DEFINITE possibility. Even if they decide this event isn’t worthy, ANYTHING you say during that evaluation may trap you. Remember that HIMS considers denial a primary diagnostic criteria, and the...

He made a deal of it… I’m not sure he’d make it past the English proficient part. And we’re going to find out his instructors aren’t at all surprised.

Or just move their plane… And when they come back, pretend they don’t exist. Although usually I’m already airborne before they can shake twice.