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When they originally told me that, I thought "yeah, right" but anything was better than adding air before every flight so I tried them. My experience has been exactly like yours with nary a puff necessary during the year. Amazing.

You just broke the code. When you're estimating the time required for any MX job, when do the the meter start? If it's an oil change, where's the plane? His hangar or ours? Do we tow or taxi? He thinks it takes 5 minutes to taxi, we know it takes at least a half-hour to tow because...

Knowing that the time would come when the questions started to arise, I headed it off by pulling back well before 70, but with no pressure to continue earning any part of a living by flying airplanes. If we had needed the dough, not sure my decision would have been the same.

When was the first one during your lifetime of which you were personally aware?

Never-leak tubes will solve the air loss problem. Change them the next time the wheels are off the plane. Cost is negligible.

Even if the same package (give or take) could be bought for half the money?

Someday you may figure out that doing things because you want to rather than because you have to isn't all bad, and doing them on your terms is even better. And maybe you'll figure out the pay and working conditions in some parts of the aviation industry are orders of magnitude better than...

You'll be looking for a long time. Specifically, it will be until they enact it.

I think the rash of school shootings and other events has caused a significant change in the perceived threat of almost any action.

NineThreeKilo;1269140] Not nearly as badly as somebody needs to get over himself. Again doofus-boy, all I want to fly and whenever and wherever I want to go. ~30 hours is the most for any month this year. OOC, are you looking for a log-book measuring contest that you can't win...

As always, N3K has all the answers but doesn't understand the questions.

How old was the King Air pilot who died while in enroute in Florida? I don't remember any others.

You can be assured that nobody else really gives a rats what you think about this subject, especially with your limited experience and background on the subject. If the right job shows up, and if one of the conditions is paying for the training, you'll have a decision to make. If your...

How's that working out for you on the one you have now?

Mine were all part of other business transactions and relationships, none from coming up through the pilot ranks. Totally different dynamics and no comparison to the market. I'm flying whenever and wherever I want to go, and nowhere when anybody else wants to go.

Low water mark was late 2009-thru early 2010 when reality finally set in that a turn-around was nowhere in sight. High inventories, bank pressures, broke dealers and crappy economy with no end in sight triggered some amazingly good deals for buyers. But like all bad times, buyers were...

None, but only have three. Got enough sim time/experience in another dozen or so to qualify for 91 SIC, but have only done so in a few planes owned by friends. Types are Citation 500 (all models up to the 560 Excel) 650 (III, VI, VII) and G-V (350-450-G550.) I paid for the check ride in...

The ongoing news and rumors about the sub-primes had taken a toll. The economy was softening dramatically and the plane market was following suit. We had known for some time that the then-current pricing level couldn't continue and had been advising clients (both buyers and sellers) that a big...

I don't think you'll find many people who are actually in the aviation business who think prices have gone up a dime since Labor Day 2007. The big slide appears to have finally stopped or at least slowed for desirable airplanes. A few have seen a very slight rebound from rock bottom but the...

The one I thought was funniest also caused me to wonder if I would be fired or shot. Back in the day (or one of them sometime shortly after Kennedy was shot) somebody gave me a gag gift that looked like a nice box for a necktie but in fact had a trick hinge wire that extended from the end of...