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Reminds me of the Smallville TV series (about Superman's teen years). I'm guessing that mountainous British Columbia doesn't look much like Kansas.

Yeah, that would feel creepy.

The term "cone of confusion" comes to mind. https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_363.html

Buy her flowers!

On a Tennessee street hit hard by Helene flooding, strangers show up to help

Just curious: What would a blind person use one of these diagrams for?

"Wouldn't make assumptions" means exactly that. Wouldn't assume it's better, wouldn't assume it's worse, wouldn't assume it's the same. Whats so terrible about wanting current information?

...which brings up the question, how did the existing ASTM specifications get created?

I, for one, am a beneficiary of, and grateful for, Dr. B's ability and willingness to help pilots navigate the FAA's requirements as they are (as opposed to tilting at windmills). I doubt that becoming a nonstop crusader against the injustice of it all would serve the needs of the pilots he helps.

If the anti-lead folks were serious about getting rid of 100LL, they would lobby Congress to appropriate funds to buy a blanket STC for the entire piston fleet.

Something like 30 years ago, I tipped a guy for coming to the airport to refuel my plane after hours. The guy who got refueled right after me did the same.

The way I heard it, the FAA had something similar ready to go, but DOT stonewalled it.

Katrina was almost 20 years ago, so I wouldn't make assumptions based on that

It wasn't as clear as you think it was.

I didn't see anyone claiming it should be free, but maybe I missed it.

When you wrote "By the way, you and the other AMEs volunteered for this role, it wasn’t mandated upon you. If an AME doesn’t want the responsibility, don’t represent that you can handle it," it sounded like you were including him in that generalization, which would be a gross misrepresentation...

What's the motivation for that?

I agree with you, but what does amount to a de facto ban is the fact that it is not being sold at many airports.

That was done by Santa Clara County, not San Jose.

One of the few benefits of the pandemic was that it reduced traffic congestion for a while.