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Sure… you must train & check by today’s standards. But my whole point is that it just be a bit easier today with the tecnology.

And if you do this, as an additional bonus, you will be able to get a more true to life fuel burn. Filing direct, then getting a roundabout routing, can gum that up a bit.

Not so much like your parent / kid music scenario, I find it more like we no longer need engineers & navigators in our airplanes. Things have indeed become more automated and thoughtless. I don’t care how you spin it, doing a true NDB approach with the beacon off the field, in a crosswind, was...

It does suck, but…. Furloughs, base closures, going under.. All part of an aviation career.

They are purely flying for chem-trail purposes.

Looking back on my instructor days I probably did a few students a disservice. I may have been way too demanding for perfection. That said, I never had a student fail. I did have a couple opt for a different instructor. #happy those days are well behind me

You all seem to be talking about a closed pattern (more or less) in small airplanes, at uncontrolled airports. Putting anyone of those parameters aside, “downwind” can become much different.

So that implies it is NOT instructors just building hours for airlines.

If proper CRM, and SOP’s were in place, the entire cockpit communications, and hopefully actions, would have been different. The PM would NEVER have extended the brakes, and certainly not without announcing it. I don’t expect most here to understand how SOP’s work. Heck, in the charter...

This accident is an example of needing to establish, and adhere to strict SOP’s. Generally speaking charter outfits lack that in the first place, and bringing in a contract pilot makes it near impossible. This is a prime example. There can only be one captain, but he must be the captain. In...

Which is a VMC circle

Perhaps I’m missing something here…???

Whatever. I’m not sure why you are trying to psycho analyze me. There is no hidden meaning in what I’m saying. I’m a fairly social person, and would have nothing against meeting folks from the boards. Of course I’m not so excited to do it that I clear my schedule and transport myself half way...

lol!!! Okay… I kind of thought that was implied with the definition of one’s bearings to an object.

Still no radial however…

One hour 16 minutes

7000’ could make for some good videos….

It wasn’t so much as my career, but rather the criticism of my interpreting of things doesn’t bother me at this point in my life. I’m a high time airline Capt, and if someone doesn’t like if I say atitp, I don’t give a crap. I use my best judgment, and if folks here don’t like it… I don’t give...

NDB’s have bearings.

And that’s why airlines do not certify pilots for circling approaches. I know of no airline that types in a jet for circling. (I’m certain someone here will disprove this). My A320 type is restricted to VFR circle only. I have seen some ATP certificates with no circling regardless of type.