Search results

  1. Shawn

    [NA] Check washing prevention

    When I use Bill Pay and bank sends an e-check the bank pulls the money from my account and send the check...it is the bank's account info not mine on the check so if there is fraud it is not taken from my account. In this day and age I can't believe checks are still a thing...I have a vendor I...
  2. Shawn

    Insurance question:

    Other than where you keep the plane may require insurance as part of their lease agreement there are zero requirements to carry any insurance on personally owned GA part 91 private aircraft. Check your exclusions of the personal liability coverage with aviation...every carrier has different...
  3. Shawn

    After Prebuy problems

    Took a stepped approach at purcahse...I did a "pre buy" with the mechanic then told him if it passes with no obvious red flags to then proceeded with a full Annual...pre buy was good but during annual found about $2500 worth of squawks which seller covered. No surprises after that.
  4. Shawn

    Major cellular outage

    Fun story...quite a few years ago a disgruntled but knowledgeable comms worker cut a major fiber trunk in the Bay Area in an act of sabotage...it took down everything across almost every carrier and ISP...land lines, cell, data, internet, ATMs...everything electronic and communications ground to...
  5. Shawn

    Flight Following

    While I throughly enjoy the mastery of the jargon and unpacking what they are saying and why over coms with ATC while flying...NEVER be afraid to use plain 'ol English on radio to say what you need or if you don't explicitly understand. While ATC may often rattle off like an auctioneer to a...
  6. Shawn

    Flight Following

    For FF your are either gonna be talking to TRACON (which is App/Dep surrounding C and B airspace up to around 10,000 -ish) or Center (which is all the rest of the airspace in between and above D/C/B and TRACON airspace) One of the challenges is that none of the actual frequencies for any given...
  7. Shawn

    New case against flight tracking

    Why don't we make every car license plate owners info publicly available and trackable as to their every movement by everyone on the internet? Zero reason ownership and location data of privately owned planes should be publicly available...you could make an argument for the carriers but not...
  8. Shawn

    Clearing up Confusion Between Pilots and ATC

    Yeah..."field in sight" is the universal but polite "hey dumbazz...did you forget about me?" call when you need a handoff...use it quite frequently "in sight" or not...
  9. Shawn

    Why do they say "Anyone can learn how to fly"?

    Bulllllll Sheeeeeet! My CFI had another student concurrent with me...mid pattern she apparently go so flustered she threw her hands up and screamed "I CAN'T DO THIS!" after apparently being coerced into getting the PPL cuz husband lost his medical but still wanted to fly...CFI said it was the...
  10. Shawn

    National Association of Realtors verdict.

    Got to see the other side of it a bit...recently purchased a vacant lot to do a build and after one deal that we pulled out of at the 11th hour and scrambling for deal #2 my relator busted her arse for a not very heft commission...as did the selling agent...made the comment "thanks for all the...
  11. Shawn

    [NA] Odd Dog Behavior

    Classic resource guarding which is instinctual if left unchecked...you should nip it in the bud or is could easily escalate to other items like food or even humans and get more serious than just a growl even though they are best buds otherwise. Goes against conventional training wisdom but I...
  12. Shawn

    What type of equipment do I tell atc that I have?

    Been asked multiple times but do not offer/info unless asked. Was once told for VFR FF keep it simple.../G if you have GPS, /U if not...just lets controller know if they can give ay a GPS or VOR waypoint in nav instructions if needed.
  13. Shawn

    What exits but shouldn't

    Taco Bell...
  14. Shawn

    Alaska Airlines explosive decompression 1/5/23

    Anyone else a tad concerned about the frantic Pilot's voice on the radio with ATC?...not sure "WE'RE ABOUT TO GO DOWN" might have been the best choice of words...
  15. Shawn

    POTUS TFR Procedure - VFR

    Keep in mind a purpose of the VFR filed flight plan in VIP TRFs...ATC is not the only one looking over the airspace during a POTUS TFR...nor does ATC really care if you have a Flight Plan on file to enter if on FF...they are not the entirety of legal jurisdiction. DOD and who knows what other...
  16. Shawn

    Aircraft Leaseback

    As a business owner myself I got chatting about the biz, operational numbers, and aircraft ownership options with my Flight School owner and all I remember him saying was "I love leasebacks, they always work in the favor of the flight school over the owner" Good luck with on coming out with...
  17. Shawn

    FedEx leaving packages on the road now?

    My regular UPS and FedEx drivers are great...but I also put a package drop box at the end of my driveway and offer bribes..
  18. Shawn

    NA why do people bag leaves and throw them away?

    I thought that is what two stroke gas leaf blowers are for...to blow them into your noise sensitive climate activist environmentalist neighbor's yard...
  19. Shawn

    Volunteer hours

    trust me...FAA is not auditing corporate records to examine how employees spent their 8 volunteer hours once a year... Same if you take you dad on a flight and he swipes his credit card at the AvGas pump then buys you such for taking him flying... Yes, "technically" both could be argued to run...
  20. Shawn

    Electronic Logbook?

    Foreflight for hours and currency but keep a paper log book exclusively just for sign offs, signatures, and endorsements then just scan those into my backup drive with logbook backups. In case of a total data loss, hours can be rebuilt...physical sign offs not so easy.
Back
Top