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What type of sim is it? I have a student who did 20 hours in a Redbird FMX who is now training with me in a C182. It's been a super smooth transition. The best thing you can do is follow a syllabus. All of the mainstream ones incorporate sim training. PIC has their own syllabus which aim sure...

Can you give us an example or two? Close calls aren't a foreign topic to any experienced pilot, but if it's self-destructive tendencies driving your thought processes, that's when you should consider getting help.

Were you actually able to fly the SID, or did they just vector you towards the transition? Trying to get a feel for which ones they actually have us fly around here. We typically don't fly the actual JPOOL or HUBB at all; we just usually get a vector towards the filed route after the SID.

I totally misinterpreted your post. I went back and re-read it and see what you mean. (And I agree.)

Nice.

Who defends the policy before an administrative court? Answer: legal. The letter only addresses the question posed. The flight instructor who wrote it did not ask about the legality of a student flying over the top of an overcast layer.

No, it is not.

Was this before or after he told you not to worry about a pre-buy inspection?

See my above post.

I understand the sentiment. I was surprised when I learned about it, too. This regulatory interpretation came from FAA Chief Counsel in the Murphy letter from 2008. Section 61.89(a)(7) states, in relevant part, that a student pilot may not act as PIC of an aircraft when the flight cannot be...

If one were to take an objective listen to the clip without the transcript, it is clear that the student is asking not if she is "supposed to fly into" the clouds but rather "supposed to fly under them." The student asks a very reasonable question: "Should I fly under this cloud layer?"...

Most FSDOs don't have time to allow an inspector to go up on a PPL checkride, so you don't normally get a choice. Another thing to consider is the condition of the aircraft when an inspector comes for a checkride. They expect everything to be in tip-top shape, whereas DPEs have a little more...

Chapter 5 is the radar chapter. Tower controllers at facilities that lack radar certifications won't be referring to it.

I quoted the AIM paragraph regarding tower-assigned vectors in a prior paragraph; I didn't invent the concern.

Vectors imply that radar service is being provided. Unless the tower is a limited radar approach control (LRAC), they can't issue vectors. LRAC designation depends on having certified equipment and radar-certified controllers. Class B and Class C towers are usually all LRACs. Class D towers...

What would your recommendation be to the controller in this scenario in order to prevent the pilot from turning left or right after departure? I will note again that "Fly runway heading" is not an authorized that most towers can issue because the FAA considers it a radar vector. This has been...

Answer to OP: no. Expanded post on written tests is in my post history.

It doesn't really matter. The two things the controller really needs to know are (a) what you're doing right now, and (b) what you're requesting to do next. "N1234, going missed. Requesting vectors for the ILS Runway 27 with published missed and hold." "N1234, going missed. Cancel IFR. Request...

Wasn't there a school in California featured in AOPA Flight Training that only had salaried flight instructors? Anyone remember which one it was? There is definitely a lot of room for innovation in the flight training industry. A lot of schools have not taken advantage of simulators. Most do...

Usually customers like this are going to get upset with the CFI no matter what. They'll distract us to no end when we ask for the logbooks before a flight, and if that doesn't happen, and they figure out something wasn't done right, they'll criticize us for not asking for the logbooks before a...