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Thank you, the distinction needed to be made,. There is a big difference between establishing a funding structure unburdened by political winds, and flat out privatization of ATC. Here is Mr. Rinaldi's congressional testimony.

EAA has printable signs on their website. Works great.

That is not accurate.

Agreed

I've been using RAM Mounts since I started putting the iPad in the aircraft. I started with iPad 1/2, went to mini 2, and back to the bigger air 2. I used my iPad as a laptop replacement, plus the air2's screen size makes for easy chart reading. In the pipers and Cessna I use a yoke mount...

At the risk of thread drift from this otherwise intellectual conversation, congratulations! For what it's worth, I'm proud of you.

No, we cannot.

LOL! And here is some more mental fodder, given the fact I don't want to waste additional exclamation points. They, like good clearances, are finite in number. [emoji28]

NO. the rest of this text is merely here for my amusement, to abide by POA's five character minimum rule...as you were.... :)

Flying once a week is not enough. I would attempt a week of dedicated flying before starting over with a new CFI.

When are you going? Is music your thing? Food tastes?

Not completely. COLA increases follow normal increases. Pension is roughly 1% per year served, based on highest three year average salary. The rest of retirement comes from TSP, which is self-funded. It's a 401k with a different name. This is all public information that can be found...

80 degrees? Where'd he learn vectoring? UND? :)

A buddy of mine transferred to ZMP (Minneapolis ARTCC) from ZAU (Chicago ARTCC) recently. He told me that at ZAU he was busy because of sector volume. He worked eastbound departures from Chicago, one of the highest volume sectors in the nation. When he went to ZMP, he said he feels just as...

All controllers hired after 1983 (I believe) fall under FERS retirement system. The ones hired beforehand fell under CSRS.

Are you asking from one professional to another, or are you attempting to engage in a debate? I'm getting the impression of the latter, given the fact you've avoided my question THREE times. I happen to be an instrument rated pilot who flies IFR on every flight out of an uncontrolled field, so...