Recent content by flyinguy

I was looking over my posts, and my bitterness at having wasted several years of my life on CAP is coming through too much. There are a few good things I could say about it. I have seen ambitious cadets do well in the program, they can go as far as they want with it. CAP is serious about...

60-1 I believe says that a non CAP aircraft can be used if a CAP aircraft is not available. I was told it was not. What would you have done? That was two years ago, and I rented that 172 anyway to do the flight review. Did you wait that long for a Form 5? As far as a "terrible attitude of...

Well, JROTC programs can be started as easily as CAP squadrons can, especially if CAP money was given to that instead. No transportation costs, higher educational level of those teaching it. Better all around. I have a son who is in his last year of AFJROTC so I am familiar enough with both...

Failure to recognize sarcasm is indicative of Aspergers. Probably also a good reason to exclude a member from aircrews. Are you by any chance Sheldon Cooper? When I offered to pay for the rental 172, I was told by the gentleman coordinating things within my squadron "Ummmm...he doesn't like...

Look up the requirements to be a CAP pilot. I meet all of them. I did the 60-1 quiz, everything up to the W&B, and did not do that because I did not know which aircraft I'd be flying. Did a G 1000 course three years ago but have not used. Irrelevant anyway, the aircraft used would have been...

Greg, I intend to do just that, but CAP won't get off that easy. I will also go rogue. I can't kill off CAP but with the help of others who have been as bitterly disappointed as I, we can organize a letter writing campaign and get the funding cut. It is just a colossal waste of money for...

Proficiency flying at a low rate is one of the shiny objects dangled in the water to sell CAP to pilots. If your experience has been different than mine then God bless you, but for me it has not materialized. CAP boasts that they own the largest fleet of single engine Cessna in the world. What...

I AM qualified aircrew, and in fact offered to rent a 172 - the one I usually rent - to do the F5. I did rent it anyway, to do my flight review. My F5 requests are never turned down, they just never respond at all. I have now been waiting for a checkride nearly as long as US involvement in...

This is an old thread, but here is my opinion on joining Civil Air Patrol: If you are a pilot, don't. I read on the CAP website that the three qualifications to be a pilot for CAP were to be 18 years old, have a valid airman's certificate, and a current medical. I met all three, and so I...