Ugh... No, it's not the worst video ever. I think this one is worse, and I won't say this is the worst 'cuz he's got 8 other ones that I haven't seen.
Ugh... No, it's not the worst video ever. I think this one is worse, and I won't say this is the worst 'cuz he's got 8 other ones that I haven't seen.
Granted while I'll typically ask for a squawk, I accept 'beacon code' as more proper phraseology for a transponder code.
shouldn't we be asking for VFR advisories?
Yeah, and I'd love to know how he managed to get that. Who chooses the CFI of the year?
And that reminds me. Mossy owes me a burger - He lost a bet he made over something he said on Twitter. See Attachment - Last line was the blatantly incorrect info... Note also the top 3 posts.
I prefer to just teach people to fly correctly - much better then "flying like the pros" incorrectly.
OMFG. I made it to "this is one of the best examples"...
NAFI I think. I think he owes you a burger and he owes all of us a few drinks.
I did a fair amount of research on this and I was never able to find where fuel came into the equation? I even listened to the entire approach tapes... nothing.
I also looked at his routing and it was more or less direct and East bound.
How did "Mossy" come up with a fuel emergency, did I miss something?
How he came up with fuel emergency is a mystery to me as well. Nor do I understand his praise for the pilot that declared the emergency. There was nothing that fit the definition of emergency, he just needed a different runway due to the wind.
Something tells me that when an airline pilot decides to make a decision like that, and forces it so heavily on ATC, that there was likely an actual risk to their flight. I doubt they did it for "fun".
Perhaps they already did - I don't know - it could have all been out of context. Or perhaps the issue was something else entirely and their hands were full.Do you think they should have identified that risk to ATC?
Today got even better.
He posted on FB congratulating his buddy for signing up for ATP's zero-to-hero all-ratings from 85 hour Private Pilot to ATP in 90 days program.
When the commentary leaned toward the negative he said ATP's instructors "teach to a higher level".
I almost spit soda all over my truck since I was reading that from my iPhone in a parking lot.
Wow.
Wait -- PP to ATP in 90 days? They flying a Champ from Georgia to Arizona and back each day?
Yeah. As in the ALL ATPs guy says to me, when I ask for a C2 computer to do the Mach calculation fuel burn on the Hawker from John Wayne to SDL, "Memorize the answer. I don't do mach".
Yeah.
If I read that right, it only gets the student to CFI/II/MEI, not ATP.
Just back to the beacon code thing for a moment.
For flight following I generally use something like the following and never have an issue with them understanding what I want
"XXX Approach, Callsign, Request"
Callsign, XXX Approach, say request/go ahead....
If busy freq:
Callsign, aircraft type, X miles X of X, VFR for destination
If moderate chatter
"Callsign, aircraft type, X miles X of X, <current altitude>, request flight following for <destination>"
If including bravo transition
Callsign, aircraft type, X miles X of X, <current altitude>, request bravo clearance and flight following for <destination> at <final altitude>
Any issues with my approach?
Holy balls. That just screams information overload to me. But if you fly every day all day...... I wonder if you would retain more.
On the "Fuel Emergency" - didn't this happen a couple of months ago?