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Nope, we're all resistant to change and highly opinionated in the process. The FAA has a "Lessons Learned" website, good information there on what drove some of the rule changes. https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned

Appears to be an SR-22, N1281F https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N1281F/history/20240928/2110Z/KMQI/KFFA FROM NPS: NEWS RELEASE - Single-engine airplane crashes into woods near Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport; park closed Sunday, September 29 At approximately 5...

A man hunts a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The kids were eager to know what the meat was on their plates, so begged their dad for the clue. "Well" the...

The FAA regulates by accident

Because a jury is a lot more impressed by the drama of the actual injured being present in the courtroom, regardless if the reason for his injuries is his own stupidity. What if there was a disabled aircraft on that runway instead? Lands, prop strike, bent nose gear, can't move it, no way to...

I prefer having a reckless operator of a motor vehicle award himself a Darwin Award vs three million of my (and your) money.

That can be a very slippery slope. Hangar mate found someone, three or four owners ago, installed an unapproved (and non-TSOd) carb temp gauge in the panel. No logbook entry for it. We could make the argument that his plane has incomplete maintenance records, as irrelevant as that gauge is to...

VHF/UHF Direction Finders are getting smaller and smaller. Using one to home on FM stations would be nice. Or airport AWOS/ATIS transmitters.

So, next time the crew should follow procedure and slew the stab up? Save the taxpayer $3 mil?

If I own a 141 school and I have a choice between a manufacturer that stands behind its product and one that says "sucks to be you", it will be an easy decision. That's why major OEMs quietly arrange a program to rectify things with their customers, that benefits both parties. Think of a 141...

I stand by my statement. Most of us are just lucky. How many pilots practice a stall, or slow flight, or short/soft field landings more than every two years, for their flight reviews? Or a simulated engine failure during takeoff or anywhere in the pattern?

Those airbags were on vehicles that were more than 15 years old in some cases. That's just as ancient as our planes, in automotive terms where we're expected to replace our car every 5 years. Back to the planes. I'll have to read the NPRM again, but it seems that Archers manufactured in the...

In certified GA? Probably in 100 years. In the experimental world? That engine pretty much exists today.

Part 91 provides a "good enough" level of safety for the risks involved. No unsuspecting paying passengers, small aircraft so a crash can't cause too many casualties. It's our job as pilots to rise above the minimums. Most of us don't do it, which is unfortunate.

The Black Hawk has a movable horizintal stabilator that is used to trim the pitching forces. It normally operates automatically, and it uses airspeed to change the angle of the stabilator. At 0 airspeed, the stabilator trailing edge points down about 40 degrees, but it will go up about 10...

Oh no!! Ford instaled a faulty airbag inflator in my car, that when activated will potentially send sharp metal bits into my face, seriously injuring or killing me or my passengers. How dare I think Ford should be held accountable for this, and that they should provide the parts and labor for...

I think the FAA understands and manages these risks rather well... that's why we can do "stupid" stuff under part 91 that isn't allowed under part 135 or 121.