The Slippery Slope of Non-Compliance

Just because I taxi from the hangar to the fuel pumps without putting on my seat belt doesn't mean I'm going to go scud running with 6 passengers in my Comanche through class B airspace without a working transponder or radio.
 
Nice article, though the logic is somewhat faulty. Yeah, things can add up. However, I'm just as likely to bollux the night landing if I have a passenger and if I don't. Regs say I can't carry a passenger if you haven't done the three landings in the last 90 days. By the way, I've done the landing and been halfway back to my hangar before I noticed the landing light out.

I suspect the slippery slope is much more operant in regards to weather. You get through some scud run once, you think you can do it again.
 
"But the fact is that virtually every CFR-14 regulation that is in effect today was written in blood."

More bureaucracy and administrative CYA than blood.

Just look at the currently running threads related to regulations...

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48376
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48195
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48286
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48392
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48393
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showpost.php?p=872587&postcount=5

That's without getting off the first page...

And, let us not forget about TFRs.
 
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The regulations are often "written in blood".

The opinions of the FAA Chief Counsel are usually written in something made of a mix of water (to make it flow from the pen easier) and fecal matter.

;)
 
steingar said:
Nice article, though the logic is somewhat faulty. Yeah, things can add up. However, I'm just as likely to bollux the night landing if I have a passenger and if I don't. Regs say I can't carry a passenger if you haven't done the three landings in the last 90 days. By the way, I've done the landing and been halfway back to my hangar before I noticed the landing light out.

I suspect the slippery slope is much more operant in regards to weather. You get through some scud run once, you think you can do it again.
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This is true. But I also know I'm more likely to bollux a landing if I'm out of currency then if I am current.

Actually, I tend to mess up more landings if I have a witness. No one is around to see a perfect landing ;)
 
That author is a ball-less sack of flesh lacking a speck of judgement. The sun shall rise tomorrow.
 
dell30rb said:
The 1500 hr minimum as a result of the colgan crash was definitely written in blood.
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except it was a knee jerk reaction by congress, not an FAA rule, and both pilots met the hourly requirements when they crashed.
 
EdFred said:
Just because I taxi from the hangar to the fuel pumps without putting on my seat belt doesn't mean I'm going to go scud running with 6 passengers in my Comanche through class B airspace without a working transponder or radio.
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Never use a seatbelt when doing maint runs ups. As such I've spent more time with out a seatbelt on in planes the with.
 
dell30rb said:
I was being sarcastic ! :wink2:
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You need one of these:

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dell30rb said:
The 1500 hr minimum as a result of the colgan crash was definitely written in blood.
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And won't change a thing...The guy who panicked and yanked back on the yoke in a stall was a type rated ATP. The core problem is in the training recieved by pilots, not some arbitrary number of hours.
 
How many pilots have NOT broken any regulations. My guess is that this pilot has not been born.
 
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