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It has long been the practice of pilots with analog gauges to carry stickies to cover a failed AI or DG in order to avoid that distraction. At least the backlight in modern systems can be turned down.

No disagreement on that. But it doesn’t answer my question to @AquaLand.

I think the FAA sees a difference between teaching a short-term emergency procedure for a VFR pilot to hopefully get out of trouble and the normalization of a sustained scan which is ultimately the smallest part of instrument flight. The earliest part of instrument training involves moving from...

where have you seen that? Do you have another source? All I’ve seen in both FlightAware and ADS-B Exchange were two landing attempts, one which appears to result in a go around and a second which ends on final (presumably with the crash).

If we accept the ADS-B tracks, the crash was after turning final. The circle is the last spot the aircraft is picked up on Flightaware (left). ADS-B Exchange (right) seems to pick it up a little longer Drops off short of the runway in a 1000+ FPM descent.

What’s your point?

Yes. The later GFC 700 have the same Electronic Stability Protection as the GFC 500 and 600. But those are basically for correction of excessive pitch and bank >45 degrees bank; I forget the pitch limits), as well as overspeed. But they can't fix everything a pilot can do wrong..

You are reading it more or less correctly. The speeds on Flightaware are in knots. But either way recommended downwind speed in a Cirrus is a more typical 100 KIAS. Another problem is that Flightaware ADS-B data is not known to be super reliable. Assuming the flight data collected by the...

I guess the answer is that nothing about learning to use an engine monitor requires instrument training in actual IMC. The FAA has unfortunately read this more strictly than necessary. Here's a good example: It had been common practice for years for flight schools to use CFI-As who were CFII...

I haven't taken it but I've been exposed to it. Cirrus transition training is based on their Flight Operations Manual. It's excellent and could be a model for others. I think the problem with even official transition training is that there are always gaps. You can't teach everything and...

Technically, no. A private pilot candidate must have "3 hours of flight training ... on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments." The FAA has for a long time distinguished that from the regulatory phrase "instrument training" or "instrument instruction." The...

The weird part is that both are pretty easy to land.

Yeah, but I don't get too excited about not squaring. But - pure speculation and still assuming this is the airplane - the reverse pattern at least suggests a lack of preparation for that leg of the flight. Another piece: checking the registration, this was a 2023 SR22 which the owner owned...

If that's the one, looks like a go-around on the first attempt then a crash on the second try. Sad :( Edit. Just noticed: Flying a left hand pattern to a right traffic runway.

NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!

If you ask the Chief Counsel these questions, the answer will be “no.” One of the regs they will point to is 61.193. More generally, they will also talk about how one is only a “authorized instructor” when acting within their instructor ratings and limitations. They have done this in a number of...

If it does everything you need its enough.

I’m talking about significant optional upgrades, not updates required to keep the app functional. Personally , I even consider the addition of ADS-B support to be purely functional. So, since you’ve looked into it, what were those updates since ‘20?

Funny, that’s what I thought when the big brouhaha arose the first time he used it. Compared to some of his other antics, this was pretty normal. Prefer to circle but decide in advance to accept the tailwind landing, in the right conditions. Maybe one of those, “this guy is a jerk so anything he...

Not likely. You are more likely to get a deviation from ATC by making the procedure turn. Controllers are sometimes surprised when they have to say cleared straight in, even when the PT is required. But as the pilot, whether the route is labeled NoPT or not - "how do I get from here to there” -...