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It's sometimes referred to as a "quadrant clearance" or "local IFR" clearance. You can request it from the approach controller without filing a flight plan. And if you're departing from an airport whose tower has an approach control, you can request it on the ground without filing a flight plan...

I've been offered $500 plus expenses to sit in the right seat of a single-pilot-certified jet and do the "admin" stuff -- radios, etc. Can't log time but it's still $500. This is out in Dallas.

Yes. If you have a type rating, you are in a niche market regardless of your total time. If they can insure you, you should be paid the market rate for the skill you have based on your experience using that skill.

There's no time for phugoid oscillations at 400 AGL. That's why you push.

There are no plans to do that.

I'm not familiar with any myself. I frequent GPM, RBD, and ADS and none of the rental locations there have Cirruses.

Yea, not having flown there I was wondering the same thing. The Chart Supplement (A/FD) lists it correctly.

On initial contact, try speaking your call sign 50% slower next time. They have to physically type your call sign into the computer as you're saying it, or write it down, while simultaneously listening to your request. Once you get beyond your tail number, then speak at a normal rate. This...

It's a GA control tower thing. I've heard it at a few airports, although the variant I hear is usually something like "Taxi up to and hold short of Runway XX." The objective is to get pilots to pull all the way up to the hold short lines to save 10 or 20 seconds of taxi time after a takeoff...

Cobalt Aviation, LLC is my independent flight training outfit that operates a beautiful 1976 Cessna 150M at the Grand Prairie, TX Municipal Airport (KGPM). I am accepting bookings for accelerated private pilot training in June and July 2017. This is the perfect opportunity for anyone who is...

This is an unusual thing to do for a simple aircraft purchase. A more common route that allows you to hold the aircraft in an LLC is to form your own, and to acquire the aircraft from the current LLC into your new LLC. This is standard industry practice that eliminates the liability of acquiring...

If he actually said "Hold short on Runway 31," that would involve you going onto the runway. He probably said "Hold short of Runway 31." (NOTAM: "Hold short on" is not actual phraseology. When you call the tower when ready for departure, you will normally only hear [1] cleared for takeoff, [2]...

I've gotta caution you against banking on a flight school to "help you out" with multi training. Given the current market for career pilots, flight schools (who typically do not employ career instructors) have no incentive to help you leave. Most are struggling to find instructors. This is a...

You should look into WhenIWork. They have a punch-in feature that can be done from any smartphone. The app ties a user's GPS position to their punching in so that they can only punch in when at work.

What's your end goal? Airlines? If so, commercial multi first -- no exceptions.

Not necessarily. You'd be surprised how many of the people who do this type of stuff openly brag about it in FBO lounges, flight schools, etc. All it takes is one person to overhear a braggart and not be comfortable with what is being said for them to be reported (or caught by an inspector...

You get a multi-engine rating and then start putting out applications to regional and corporate carriers. They may have a minimum time requirement in multi-engine aircraft (e.g., 25 hours) or they may be so desperate that they'll just pay for you to get that multi time. IIRC Republic Airlines in...

The quickest way to accomplish what you want to do is to to get your PPL, instrument, commercial, and multi-engine rating. (The latter two can be combined but it will be more expensive that way.) I'm not even sure that being a CFI/MEI would be necessary given the current market conditions. Of...

It's like any other small business in GA: They created one policy 10 years ago and haven't revisited it since. That said, you'd be surprised what kind of deals you can work out with the owners/presidents of the rental outfits if you catch them at the right time. Just present the arguments as...

The need for right seat training is totally overexaggerated. Do it if your insurance is cool with it, but if not, don't worry about it. It takes all of one or two flights to get comfortable with it, especially when you're fresh out of the commercial certification. I chose to do my time building...