Recent content by Timbeck2

You’re leaving out the fee to match drill the old one to the new one and removal and installation but yeah, I feel your pain

Funny how people are peeved at one company but not another. They’re interchangeable. What mean by that is, for example I had a reservation with Alamo two weeks ago for a 10 day rental. Alamo counter was empty. The nice lady at the enterprise counter said “They’re gone, I’ll take care of you”...

I’ve been to 2 1/2 fly ins here in the SW. The 1/2 was that I got 30 minutes away from Sedona and had to turn back because of electrical issues. Those that I attended were just wonderful considering they were just one day affairs. We don’t seem to have as many scheduled fly ins out here as you...

If it isn’t making metal and oil consumption isn’t terrible, fly it. Your next compression test may be different.

Cost of the new valve and about 3 hours of labor. Not a very big deal. Most of it is taking off the side panel and reinstalling it

Still working as a GS but work closely with the FAA. We have the same standards and take the same tests. The old heads are complaining about the new hires just as I described

Nailed it

As an answer to the OP, in my opinion its relaxed standards at the school house. When I went through, we started with 25 students and I graduated with 7. Those that didn’t pass were washed back or out. When I got to my first assignment there were 6 trainees. All of us were rated within 8 months...

United sucks. Show up 2 hours before my flight. ONE agent checking bags for approximately 200 people. Finally get checked then missed the flight by 10 minutes. Now rescheduled through Denver. Flight is delayed and my connecting flight begins boarding 4 minutes before I land. My only hope is...

Tower of Babel reference

For those of us lucky to have met Jeff, you already know. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, he is a warm, kind hearted person who treats you an as equal although his accomplishments in life eclipses those of most of us. You would never know that he’s a lawyer. ;) Jeff and I have exchanged...

That one’s just a baby

Good post. We all need to know the good, bad and the ugly. <scratches aero performance off the tube list>

“fun” is relative. Most things I’ve bought for my plane were out of necessity such as the first thing which was a Prometheus landing light after I almost plowed into a family of javelinas crossing the runway at night. Second was nice to have which was the Avion yokes, replacing the original...