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Corporate Jets: The Next Political Punching Bag
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wrote 1 year 35 weeks ago
'The next' political punching bag? GA has taking gut blows since 2008, after the big 3 auto CEO's were chastised for showing some urgency in pleading for their employees jobs by travelling by corporate jet. Meanwhile, the man with the private 747 jumbo business jet and helicopters (the president) gets to criticize those who fly lowly citations and king airs to carry out their business.
The relentless attack on GA industry, and aerospace industry in general by this administration has cost the economy thousands of high technology jobs and continues to do so.
As a foriegn green-card holder who came to the US specifically to work in aerospace, for me the bubble has burst - I was laid off and forced to leave my adopted town that I had grown to call home, so my 'american dream' was taken away from me. I found work again but it's not the same, I have an empty house to sell and can barely pay my bills. As soon as I am able, I'm packing my bags and leaving.
A Lineup Check for Light Planes
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wrote 1 year 48 weeks ago
When I fly, I do not 'take a quick look' to make sure settings and trim etc are correct, I take a very thorough look and run through a memory check-list, which I verify against the paper check list. Anything less is complacency, and complacency causes accidents.
Stop Loss
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wrote 2 years 7 weeks ago
"Turns out that the biggest obstacle to finishing up isn't cash after all"
You sure about this? I personally started and stopped flying lessons multiple times since I started flying at 13 before finally achieving my PPL at the age of 25. I've tried fixed-wing, helicopters and gliders along the way, was only able to 'finish up' as you say by learning to fly at the world's best flying club : The Cessna Employees flying club, enabled by very generous instructors who charged only for air time, a subsized employee instruction program, an engineer's salary and a credit card with a hefty limit.
The only people learning to fly these days are those with a healthy disposable income/good credit, or rich parents/grandparents.
The key to growing the professional pilot population and the GA pilot population is to get the under-20s licensed and flying, but for a young man or woman to fund their own training alongside school and a part-time job, well, it's difficult if not impossible. I know some kids have done it by themselves, but I would venture that most of the 16 year olds who solo before they get their first car are probably doing so on daddies dollar.
FAA Investigates Near Collision in Hawaii
from PeetPilot
wrote 1 year 2 weeks ago
@ hijodeloco, good point about the 7.7 second to impact if they were coming head-on at 350mph, but I suspect they just on a converging flight path, probably to pick up the same approach, and should have been doing less than 200 knots in class B airspace. If the controller put a smaller, slower airplane on course followed by a larger faster one, then any gap they have could be rapidly eaten up, but in this case, a 767 and an MD-11, are similarly sized aircraft with similar approach speeds, so it was probably just bad timing.
FAA Investigates Near Collision in Hawaii
from PeetPilot
wrote 1 year 2 weeks ago
After watching the video I don't see why the controller needs to be vilified, nor the manager... but I guess if there are rules concerning the reporting of 'near miss' incidents that weren't followed, then that must be the reason for the fuss. I've had plenty of TCAS warnings myself, but then I only fly VFR in an airplane much smaller and slower than these...!
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