Recent content by StraightnLevel

Yes. Look at which companies actually built the Saturn V and the three modules.

...and this is why the capitalist approach always is more effective than a government controlled command economy.

Fail fast, learn faster. The SpaceX process works.

I think you are correct in intent, but: In the larger markets, there is a lot of turnover in CFIs. As noted above, many (most?) are newly minted CFIs who intend to jump into a ATP seat as soon as they collect enough hours. Looking at my current school, almost half of the CFIs have turned...

What does that have to do with the costs of an annual? The annual is for the entire airplane, not just the engine.

Look at the data above. The PPL checkrides have a 74% pass rate, commercial 79% and ATP 91%. The more checkrides you've done, the better your chances of passing...which is not an unexpected pattern. For PPL, the majority have never done a checkride. Simply not knowing the process accounts...

Nobody has mentioned David Clark. I'll vouch for these as being a really solid option: https://store.davidclark.com/aviation-headsets-1/dc-one-x-43102g-01 I got a used set here on this site, and they have done VERY well for me so far. I've gotten 35 hours and counting on the first set of...

How is that "artificial" demand? That would seem to be a natural part of the market, not a manufactured distortion. In all seriousness, do we want DPEs who give rubber-stamp approval to everyone who signs up for a checkride? Granted, the instructors should be sending people who are capable...

I am using MIDI control tonight, starting in about 10 minutes. It controls my guitar rig for "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Milwaukee - Sunset Theater).

What's $40k new? The VL3 is 10x that.

You're making a LOT of assumptions about a rule change that has been delayed multiple times (and is likely to be delayed again). As I understand the current proposal, it would only allow night flying with an endorsement AND BasicMed. Have you talked with an instructor about the process for...

Absolutely! It seems that over the past few decades, the prevalence of digital engine management systems has led to a mechanic's culture of throwing new parts at a problem instead of doing a proper diagnostic and solving the problem. That's easy for the mechanic and service shop, but expensive...

I used Pilot Institute for PPL, and it got the job done for me. I can't speak to their IR program, though, as I won't be trying it out until later this year.

So, how would you feel if they publicly stated that they aren't getting enough white males from middle-class, college educated backgrounds? Would it be OK for them to specifically target that demographic? Why or why not?

Bias and/or discrimination that targets anything other than ability to do the job is both bad and counter-productive. Tell me, would it be useful to evaluate someone's ability to shoot a basketball free throw as a selector for a ATP pilot's position? Is that any more or less relevant to...