With an attitude like yours, I doubt that the airlines will grieve your absence.

(Written on 2021年 07月 02日)(Permalink)

It won't be hard for FAA to identify this miscreant. Anyone who cannot read and comply with NOTAMs has no business in command of an aircraft. Whether Part 91 or 135, the punishment should be swift and severe. IIRC, the penalty for violating a TFR is a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a year in jail. (That's from memory. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.) Given the cost to SpaceX, NASA, et al, those penalties do not seem excessive.

(Written on 2021年 07月 02日)(Permalink)

True, Bob, another armchair pilot demonstrating his ignorance. These pilots are not going to lose their licenses and it is extremely unlikely that they will be fired unless it can be shown that they knowingly and willingly took action to cause the overrun. They will doubtless have unpleasant conversations with the chief pilot and some time in the simulator. When you "experts" have a mishap, you mutter under your breath and go to the kitchen for more coffee. When those of us who actually drive these things for a living have aa mishap, we are first to arrive at the scene.

(Written on 2021年 06月 11日)(Permalink)

Re people arguing that the pilots were pressured into bad decision making by Frontier so as to stay on schedule: Yes, management IS always looking for ways to save time but I have flown for two major US carriers and we have NEVER been told to compromise safety in the interest of schedule-keeping. The occasional pilot may suffer an attack of get-there-itis but I've never felt the slightest pressure from management to save time at the expense of safety.

(Written on 2021年 06月 11日)(Permalink)

That's our Gryder; often wrong but never in doubt.

(Written on 2021年 05月 22日)(Permalink)

And heaven help you if you lost an engine.

(Written on 2021年 05月 14日)(Permalink)

Hey, don't pick on the Sewer Pipe. That's where I started in commercial aviation. Not exactly the best choice for a low-hours guy flying single pilot. I hated the bloody thing though I admit that wrestling it through rough air gave your arms and shoulders a good workout.

(Written on 2021年 05月 14日)(Permalink)

Anyone who asserts that IFR-rated pilots do not experience spatial disorientation thereby reveals that they are not instrument trained. Hop into a full motion sim or just fly a GA aircraft under the hood and see how long it takes for the instructor to have you completely disoriented. As others have pointed out, it is easy to lose the horizon on a dark night or a hazy day over water. Max Johnson Certified Cookie Baker Certified Cookie Baker Instructor Cookie-Baking Oven Maintenance Technician Boy Scout Baking Merit Badge with Crossed Oven Mitts Top Cookie Vendor at 1997 Stuber Forks, Iowa Carnival 2006 National Champion Raw Cookie Dough Eater (9.7kg in 11 minutes) Vanilla Bean Growing Consultant (Looking at you, Cap'n Buck)

(Written on 2021年 02月 12日)(Permalink)

Ummmm... I believe you missed the point, Cap'n. But never mind, this is likely not the venue for broad humor.

(Written on 2020年 11月 20日)(Permalink)

Wow, Captain Buck's accomplishments boggle the mind, don't they? How could anyone challenge his opinions when confronted with his dossier? He even left out a few things: Vice Chairperson, Happy Valley PTA Certified Xerox machine toner and drum changer Licensed hedge trimmer and rose bush pruner Dryer of dinner dishes Lawn mower Frame and Powerplant Mechanic Advisory Board member, Schnicklefritz Post 666, Boy Scouts of America Three time bowler of a 300 Grand Admiral of the Fleet, Dinkins Bay Skiff-and-Dinghy Club

(Written on 2020年 11月 20日)(Permalink)