If i was a CP, i wouldnt care about how a person dresses up, as long as they agree to come in "proper uniform" when showing up for work.

Really? This has to be the dumbest internet post I've ever read. I sure hope you are using some form of sarcasm or jest, even though if it is, it's really tasteless. Really? so your saying that a "fatwah" posted online to kill someone becuase they insulted the prohephet is a better post than what i...

[quote=] Islam had provisions which allow all good Muslims to break their "fast" should it be due to traveling, working or being pregnant... The provision does state that they need to "make-up" for lost days of fasting later on during the year. [/quote] What I dont get is why they fast in the first ...

SAR_YQQ wrote: FSS radios "Rescue 4## don't talk to other aircraft on my frequency".

"Trey Kule" must have been working in that shift as FSS controller.

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What I dont understand is that even when someone succesfully sends in a resume and gets hired, they are usually off to the next job within 2 weeks or 2 years. So why does it really matter how you send the resume if you are not committed in the first place? A simple phone call or email to the employe...

What I tell my students: Fly the airplane first talk on the radio second Always . Talk less and listen more. When you change frequencies wait for a few seconds before you transmit so you don,t walk over somebody else. Engage brain before you engage the radio push to talk. Spreak in normal tone of v...

Talked to a pilot today who actually claimed he didn't care if his aircraft was "sand blasted", stating..."It needs paint anyway..." It was very poorly parked. He didn't care. Honey Badger don't give a shit. Same guy stated an accident happened because "once the strip was in sight, a missed approac...

There is no legal requirement to even have a Comm radio at an uncontrolled airport. That is correct. I remember telling that to someone because they were pissed at me because I didnt bother announcing that I was turning final. The reason I didnt call is becuase the frequency was too busy, and the s...

The "straight-in-downwind" is BULL! :smt017 No it isnt. It is a "precise" position report. I also spent nearly 50 of those fun years in ATC We are not talking about ATC here, we are talking about ROW at uncontrolled airport (radio use). But thanks for sharing that, I hope you had fun doing ATC. may...

HavaJava wrote:

I've got to admit I'm a little shocked that people would be confused if they heard someone say they were joining a "straight-in downwind" on the radio.

Same here.

my personal opinion is 767 is incorrect. Well Im still puzzled why you think so. I mean, I hear "straight in" all the time from other pilots. I mostly fly out of an uncontrolled airport and usually people enter straight in downwind, and I am sure 95% of the time I hear them announce "straight in do...

Straight- means straight. In, means in, or into. Example: you are flying south. The airport is on your left. The runway you want to land on is rwy 36. The pattern is standard left hand. It is an uncontrolled airport. How will you join the circuit? Answer: STRAIGHT IN (shortest route for "legal" entr...

HavaJava wrote: straight in downwind

Describe what that means, because in the previous thread some posters said they never heard about "straight in downwind". I know what it means of course, but I don't feel like describing it.

Hi Rowdy Burns, I voted option 3. The reason for that is because I cant see how someone would be allowed to just come in front of an aircraft that is preparing to land. When established in the circuit, you are pretty much getting yourself set to land. But now the confusing part is in the CAR's it st...

Big Pistons Forever wrote:
As soon as I turned final he demands I keep the speed up, so I said OK I will fly " Ref +5 "

If Trey Kule or AuxBatOn were in your place, they wouldve probably told him to stfu.

AuxBatOn wrote:767,

You need to get out of the instructing world and find a 703/704/705 job....

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I was a little confused as well, but at the risk of earning some well-deserved eye rolling, I will attempt a summary : If two aircraft are both joining the circuit, the mid-downwind has the right of way over the "straight in" downwind. However, if an ac is already established in the circuit ( e.g.)...

This confuses me a bit, because it is my understanding that a pilot cannot join the MID DOWNWIND at an uncontrolled airport if you're talking about the 45° angle. If he's joining the downwind without crossing mid field, then he is supposed to give way to aircraft established on the crosswind, corre...

"A straight in downwind" eh... I must be getting senile because I dont recall hearing that term before...Straight in...I understand where you are coming from and to...downwind...I understand approximately where you are...but a straight in downwind? Yeah. Straight in, or from the upwind side (coming...

Personally, the type I hate is the ones that want to fly and be an airtraffic controller.. Sometimes in an uncontolled environment, switching to the role of ATC can be a solution to solving conflict. For example, lets say you want to join STRAIGHT IN downwind, and there is a potential conflict at t...

For some reason I have a feeling that I posted in this thread before. Anyways, someone mentioned about PPL's not using their radio properly. At the end of the day, it all comes down to the instructor, not the student. Correct me if Im wrong, but it seems to me that some instructors wait until CPL tr...

On the subject of lowering the flaps on the walk around. I lower to 10 deg, especially during winter. After starting up the plane, I check for full defelction. This would be on the Cessna 172. When the flaps are operated manually (for example on the piper seminole), then I lower flaps full down on t...

Not sure what there is to understand. Check the fluids are enough for the flight, make sure nothing looks bent or broken. Some people aren't very efficient doing their walk arounds which is a different matter, but that's usually one of their personal issues which they probably haven't figured out u...

Put everything away first. Enjoy yourself, dont make it harder. No need to carry the fuel cup, dip stick, tie down ropes with you as you do the walk around. Saw someone spill fuel on their arms today and it probably got soaked in their sleeves. Completely unneccesary. Thanks for listening.