Maybe they should try looking for float pilots that are not interested in spending the entire summer in the middle of nowhere for the entire summer.

Rotational schedule anybody? Training costs are not a lot for a floatplane so it is different than the expensive type ratings of airlines.

After issuing landing clearances to an occupied runway, there are now take off clearance for occupied runways! Funny how so many miss out on some sarcastic humour. Yeah... some *fantastic* sarcastic humour if I may be so bold . I have been told that here are BOLD pilots. How old are you?

digits_ wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:29 pm After issuing landing clearances to an occupied runway, there are now take off clearance for occupied runways!

Funny how so many miss out on some sarcastic humour.

JFK controllers are all over any pilot making the smallest error(or it seems that way on youtube) with their sarcastic remarks but no acknowledgement when they clear 4 aircraft to cross the runway while a pilot is taking off.

One final not about the Positive Control Check(PCC). A glider pilot I know got airborne with one aileron not hooked up. He had a PCC done but only in 6 directions instead of 8. After all, if one aileron passes the test, doesn’t that guarantee that the other aileron is rigged properly? Now you know t...

From ASRS…… During the annual inspection of the Cessna 188, I removed a clevis bolt that secures the upper and lower elevator control cables to the control stick. I found the bolt to be excessively worn, so the cables remained detached while a replacement bolt was on order. When the new clevis bolt ...

Controls free and correct. Isn’t that what you ensure is the situation when you do the control check? But what does correct mean? Usually, on your typical GA aircraft, it means that you have observed that the controls are moving in the proper direction. To be honest, they almost certainly will be. A...

A few years ago I was test flying a very well equipped 185 amphib. It had a lidar system for gear warning which was new to me. It "knew" if the plane was over land or water, before warning - interesting... I would speak a preflight self test before takeoff. Thereafter, I noticed it was silent. It d...

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After observing 80% of the population fallen for the covid scam, nothing surprises me anymore. Canadians will believe ANYTHING that has fear or nice hair. Canada is lost. Time to emigrate. Just where is the question. humans are stupid everywhere.... I do believe your last statement. Unfortunately, ...

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The devil is in the (somewhat lacking) details. Were they trying to avoid causing a taxiway incursion, or were they trying to avoid an aircraft that had pulled in front of them? There is nothing about another aircraft. I assume that they were advised to hold short of a taxiway. Just like a runway i...

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Alright folks, OP messed up and is big enough of a person to admit it and own up to it. That's more maturity than a lot of the posters throughout this forum in my opinion. And I doubt they'll be doing it again. All the best in your pursuit. Flying is a beautiful thing, and I hope you can keep your ...

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