Recent content by FixedWing

Poor cut-n-paste job. Guess I should have spent a few more seconds editing the post before clicking "post." Members are my fellow members at the Connecticut Soaring Association which operates out of KIJD. You're welcome to drop by almost any nice summer weekend. https://www.ctsoaring.org/ Stephen

Fair enough. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. As I said before, I appreciate that you and others here have disaffected me of the belief that most would have had a similar viewpoint to my own. I really should have known better. But I'm also surprised at how many argue that the ATP...

Speaking of studying ... try reading the linked Petition before commenting on it. From what I can tell, so far only one, or maybe two pilots posting a comment on this thread actually took the time to read it first. The duration was set when the rule implementing the written was first...

Thank you everyone for posting your thoughts! I'm surprised by the uniformity of the responses. I wouldn't have guessed that. But now I at least know. With gliders we do face a period when we have to tell them that they have to delay in preparing for and taking the written. And no, that doesn't...

Over the weekend I drafted and filed with the FAA a petition for rule making asking that they extend the validity of FAA written tests from the current two years to something more reasonable. https://downloads.regulations.gov/FAA-2024-0001-0001/attachment_1.pdf As explained in the petition...

I think the forum might find this interesting. Does the proficiency check required by § 61.321(b) for a Sport Pilot or higher certificated pilot also meet the proficiency check or practical test requirement for the § 61.56(d) flight review exemption requirement? An airman who has passed the...