Recent content by DouglasBader

I think I am too, frankly. I've seen other boards in which people started threatening law suits, and they fell apart rather quickly. It only takes one, and given that henning has decided to do the california thing and start crying law suit, it's time to go do something else. It's...

I don't know about the airbus, but I doubt it would be much (if any) good in most airline cockpits. Even if one had much range out of them, which one doesn't (especially inside the cockpit on an airbus or boeing), by the time one is within ten miles of the field, one is on final and...

I've got the Vertex mentioned above. I don't think it's ever been used. In fact, I don't carry it or take it with me. I'm sure it has the potential to be useful, but I haven't had it yet.

If your'e thinking about the specifics of how to make that landing, you're thinking too much. 9 landings is a few trips around the pattern. I still learn about landings every time I land. I made six flights yesterday, and learned something different each time. I've made thousands of...

Disproportionate to what? Is this the first time you've been dumbfounded, or is this a familiar experience for you? Welcome to reality. It's not a matter of possibility. It's a matter of necessity. What is truly astounding is the aggregate number of individuals who clutch their...

I can, but will not, and will not discuss the specific employers involved in any of the cases. I'll discuss certain details, but will not name names.

Threatening on an internet web board?? You feel that someone said something that was incorrect, so you'll sue them? An "author active fact?" You think that incorrect information on a public web board is "defamation of character?" You're qualified as a pilot in command, which means...

Yes, I can, with five different aircraft. Two of them resulted in actual separations, killing everyone. The other three did not, but developed cracks that grounded the aircraft. Four different operators, entirely unrelated. In the case of a fifth operator that developed such cracks making...

I'm not confused at all. Hazard is not the same as danger. A hazard may present no danger. A hazard may present no risk. A risk may or may not be dangerous.

Whereas I fly both, I can address both. If one can't afford to stay proficient, then do what I did, and tens of thousands of others. Get paid to do it. If one can't stay proficient, stay on the ground. My comments apply equally to professional cockpits or private ones. Mountainsides...

You make the options you've suggested out to be an either/or scenario. Either be simple, or be proficient. Autopilot operation does not simplify the flight. It complicates it to some degree, or at a minimum alters one's handling of the aircraft to include monitoring an additional component...

The rich mixture settings recommended by engine and airframe manufacturers are liability driven, and written for the lowest common denominator. Aircraft flight manuals and pilot operating handbooks are dumbed-down publications that to some degree make an effort to idiot-proof the product...

In this context, they are not. Try to keep up.

Risk elimination involves identifying each hazard and preventing it from becoming a risk by not putting it in play, finding an alternate course of action, or creating enough alternate options that the hazard presents no risk. Overflying the ocean in a single engine airplane presents risk...

It seems to you, incorrectly. Non-sequitur. If you took the elevator, you eliminated the risk of falling on the stairs, didn't you. This is risk elimination. By taking the elevator, you put other hazards in play, and thus create risks. You then need to look at the new risks you've...