Taking six years to complete your training is NOT necessarily a red flag to employers. If any employer asks what took so long, you tell them you were chipping away at it part-time alongside having a full-time job and other adult obligations. And that would be if they even ask. I think I would find ...

The only thing fun about flight training is the actual flying. Everything else around it can get quite frustrating. You're paying a lot of money but are often treated as a nuisance by flight schools. My initial PPL training was about 1 flight every month with a private instructor. The actual lessons...

These are things like not calling exactly 5 min prior to entering the CZ (on training flights which last less than an hour). "CGABC leaving the zone, we will be re-entering the zone in 45 minutes". Would this solve that issue? I don't believe there's a maximum time specified in the AIM for the init...

Posts like this are why many people don't report these issues to their CAME. The cat is definately out of the bag for you so you'll have to play their game.. just an observation more than anything, but it seems like many people just deal with it rather than talk with the doctors. We should encourag...

I use this example because it's one that happened on my last cycle working at the tower. In my experience, student pilots usually pick up the ATIS 20-30 miles out from the airport to give them time to listen once or twice and copy down the information, and then listen to tower frequency for a littl...

To be honest, I've requested to do very similar things even though I knew it was on the ATIS. I've also been cleared for an approach into a runway that was supposedly closed on the ATIS. It's not often treated with a lot of respect by ATC, which make me very weary of really trusting that the inform...

But what time is being saved? From reading the document it is my understanding that alimeter, wind and runway in use will still be communicated anyways. ATIS has its uses, and can help to plan an approach and get updated weather if you're low on fuel etc. But once you're on tower frequency (when yo...

On occasion, things change quickly and it is busy and at these times, simply saying ATIS T as part of your initial contact can save significant air time when things are very busy. But what time is being saved? From reading the document it is my understanding that alimeter, wind and runway in use wi...

Today, tower already gives you an updated wind and altimeter setting when needed, what else is on the ATIS that you must know? Notams That's true. Have you ever encountered a notam on the ATIS that affected you and ATC didn't mention it in some other way? Will this new regulation affect which NOTAM...

But today? We have PDC and CPDLC that does it all digitally. We have ADS-B where ATC can see our altitude selector. Hold short? Ever hear of a stop bar? You are aware that not every airport in the country has these things? Not every airport is YYZ and not all planes have an FMS with PDC or CPDLC. N...

So why is telling ATC the ident letter for the ATIS you have a bad idea ? It's not a bad idea, it's just silly to make it mandatory when it accomplishes little to nothing. As noted in the circular most pilots already relay that identifier to ATC on initial contact... only to be provided with update...

It's not necessarily a bad idea, but I fail to see why it deserves such importance that it's mandatory. Especially when contacting tower. If you made it to tower without needing ATIS, or even if you have the wrong ATIS information, I won't start tuning into the ATIS on final, or go around because i ...

Thank god for this huge safety improvement. How else will tower know we are aware there are birds in the area?!

10pm dark is safer than 3am dark because it's earlier. Well yes, generally. Especially for training flights. Less chance for fatigue. Weather closer to what you actually saw during day time. But perhaps the pilot was on a night circadian rhythm for whatever reason and this wasn't a factor. Just tho...

Very unusual to have a c172 fly around at 3 am. Let's all thank TC retarded requirements where super low timer students need to either fly at 3am for Night CX PIC or fly 300NM radius in a single engine piston over Rockies in winter. Very safe indeed. If time building was the goal, it could just as ...

Very unusual to have a c172 fly around at 3 am.

Once I got to the minimum hiring requirements just a few years later I had no interest, didn’t even apply. I’m not saying the same will happen to you, but you may be surprised how your priorities change after a couple years. This deserves to be repeated and is very applicable to any stage in ones c...

Why Altiplano even entertained responding I think this is what people find so annoying about big boomer energy. If you hear someone saying that they can't afford the current cost of living I don't think they're looking for your tips on how to cut spending. Just say nothing if you don't agree that d...

youhavecontrol wrote: ↑Tue Nov 25, 2025 12:21 pm I just joined. I'm surprised this didn't happen at any earlier point in the last 10 years, to be honest.

If it's a common airplane type and your company is the only one that has rules that make it impossible for you to maintain 170, you can hear their eyes roll over the radio, but not much else will happen. It mainly affects traffic behind you and those people will also start rolling their eyes and cal...

The AvCanada blacklist is going to grow with another word

They don't get a 4 because IMO as an examiner safety margins were reduced. Then you should have given them a 1... That's the only score according to the flight test guide appropriate for reduced safety margins. I know nothing I am going to say will make you happy There are a lot of things you could...

If the emergency had a checklist with no memory actions and the candidate memory performed all the actions in the same order as the checklist and actioned any notes (eg for C 172 the note on the electrical power system malfunction for the low volt light) and then verified that all actions had been ...

Digits How do you teach the use of the emergency checklist on a C172S ? Perform memory items from memory, you're allowed to perform the other actions from memory as well, but you need to verify it with the checklist once you're done and if still possible (eg, plane didn't burn down) I notice you se...

Let's take this c172 sp as an example: https://wayman.edu/files/C172S-G1000-POH.pdf It is relatively modern, and has bold memory items. I think that meets your criteria? Note that none of the emergency landing checklists have memory items. Are you truly going to mark down a CPL student because he do...