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Took ya five minutes to read my post? You must be a slow reader then...
There's another 5 minutes of my life that I won't get back.
I don't think much of the problem is due to someone's absolute experience. The problem comes when someone's own perceived skill and the capabilities of the airplane are not up to the task at hand. Sure you might be able to land in a higher crosswind than someone else but if the conditions exceed your skill you'll go off the runway just as surely as a less skilled pilot in a lower crosswind.Also, not conjecture. At what point am I and others allowed to make comments based on ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. I have lost friends in aviation. Good friends. Some were lost due to bad training, some to bad judgement, and others the alligator just got them.
Took ya five minutes to read my post? You must be a slow reader then...
I have a theory that one of the reasons that high time professional pilots sometimes come to grief in small airplanes is because they are used to flying something that can handle conditions their small airplane can't handle. "I can climb over the mountains in a snowstorm in my work airplane so I should be able to do it in my Bonanza..."
Indeed. I find even the FAA checkrides to be suspect. I mostly know private pilots, a handful of commercial pilots, and just a couple of ATPs. The majority of the pilots that I refuse to fly with again are the higher rated ones that are "good sticks", while I'm more comfortable with some lesser rated ones that took multiple shots to get the PPL. Why is that? Being naturally good at something seems to correlate with poor risk assessment and decision making. The "good sticks" have no respect for the airplane and the weather. They're the ones doing loops over ramp area. They're the ones scud running & popping through clouds without a filed flight plan, etc. Let us check those accident reports and see what the leading causes of accidents are...
Took ya five minutes to read my post? You must be a slow reader then...
That seems like a highly inappropriate comment, especially from an administrator. I'm very disappointed. No wonder this board is turning into an attack site.
Then you're an extraordinarily fast reader!I'm talking the whole thread, not just your post.
Does that mean I shouldn't be giving the passengers advice about petroleum engineering?An interweb thingy analogy: those of us who are experts in our chosen technical field are automatically expert in any subject we wish to post on. It must be true 'cause we say so. Yes, I'm guilty of it.
Does that mean I shouldn't be giving the passengers advice about petroleum engineering?
I have a theory that one of the reasons that high time professional pilots sometimes come to grief in small airplanes is because they are used to flying something that can handle conditions their small airplane can't handle. "I can climb over the mountains in a snowstorm in my work airplane so I should be able to do it in my Bonanza..."
And as a "rookie" or "student" who doesnt have enough hours for you champions of general aviation to pass judgement on yet...
I agree fully. In my case, I feel I'm less safe in a 172 than I am in the Navajo. Not that the plane is less safe, that I am less safe as a pilot.
Experience in type certainly counts for a lot. A few weeks ago, I found out how important recency in type can be too. When I renewed my club currency in the 182, my landings were crap, in spite of the fact that 182 time is a significant percentage of my experience. (I flew Civil Air Patrol planes a lot up until a few years ago.)
Just a side note and not really a comment on your joke in particular.Hey now! No bullying! (it's a joke for the emoticon reading challenged)
Problem with that is that if that user gets quoted in another post, you can still see it.
I have found that ignoring a user really doesn't work all that well.
Really now? right up to the point you add the very useful part about:I was really gonna sit this one out
What a bunch of self absorbed, condescending, self important azzhats.
thats not so much of an opinion as much as... nevermindbut we all have a right to our opinion.
Just a side note and not really a comment on your joke in particular.
Bullying usually starts with a joke. It's a way to sort of test the waters. If people object -- it was only a joke. If it hits home -- go for it. If it falls flat -- forget about it.
Really now? right up to the point you add the very useful part about:
thats not so much of an opinion as much as... nevermind
Says the one who "picks the nits" of everyone here by saying:Your contribution seems to be just to pick the nits of my posts
What a bunch of self absorbed, condescending, self important azzhats.
Says the one who "picks the nits" of everyone here by saying:
I'm talking the whole thread, not just your post.
Or watching reality shows. You get to actually participate!But the thread is much more interesting than the local news, the local newspaper, or making dinner.
Or watching reality shows. You get to actually participate!
So, my wife goes out for lunch, with one of her friends and brings home a Chockolate Chip cookie WITH Blueberries baked inside.
WHAT?!?!?
That's like.... apostasy, or something else, really bad.
It didn't taste terrible but it could have.
At least chocolate chip cookies and blueberries are both sweet. Bagels are savory, and always were until you $&@!!%$&@!! goyim got ahold of them. Blueberry bagels. Yuuuuch!
No kidding! Give me a nice everything with lox and a schmear.
Bagels don't come from a grocery store, Einstein's, Panera, Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's, or most any place else the masses could name.