http://www.rapp.org/archives/2015/12/no ... -deviance/

The pilot knew a control lock was engaged and continued the take off roll!
With passengers!

Is this involuntary manslaughter as the article suggests?

LF

CpnCrunch wrote: $2k/yr seems very high for a C150. Or was that a different plane.

$2K a year is what it costs to insure a C150 that ANY LICENSED PPL is allowed to fly. It is roughly double the cost to insure 1-4 individual pilots on a C150. Above 4 pilots cost goes up

YMMV
LF

FICU wrote: I fly Air Canada for pleasure travel.

Either this is a definition of "pleasure" I was not previously aware of, or you, Sir/Madam, are, no offense, a masochist.
IMHO
LF

Taking off with full flaps on a 150 or a 172 means that the pilot ignored the handling of the plane on the takeoff roll. I mean. neither accelerates worth a damn with full flaps. In fact I am amazed a 150 can get off the ground with full flaps. Must be something to do with low density altitudes. 280...

I am pretty sure the most important thing is to point out the location of the emergency exit

YMMV
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xsbank wrote:Excuse me, "never dock downwind"? You mean when the dock is parallel with the wind or 90 degrees to the wind?

Parallel

xsbank wrote: The single most important skill and one of the hardest when starting out is learning to read the water: the wind, swells and gusts (particularly).

Agreed

LF

Check the requirements to become a part owner. The majority of partnerships I am familiar with require at least a PPL to become a member.

YMMV
LF

+1 to the above. With 7 hours I could land. No way would I take a passenger. In addition, the two things I found critical that are not covered to an adequate extent as part of the rating are choosing your landing site and docking/beaching. After 20 more hours with 3 other instructors at 2 different ...

photofly wrote:I think it's dumb as @#$! to fly uninformed members of the public over remote landscapes where ditching is likely the best option in order to satisfy some secret airline pilot fantasy.

How about to satisfy a public fishing fantasy?

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I am an amateur. I have flown the area in summer and fall, though I do not know it well from the air. I make no judgements about the pilot but the weather looks like "Go to the bar time" Flying from Gimli to Red Lake, on the east side of Lake Winnipeg it was OVC 1000, Red Lake reporting 1500. 50 km ...

Why not choose the lake for #2?
I understand you may get stuck a ways from shore but you should have a paddle?
I understand you may be stuck in the middle of nowhere but you should be ready for that?

Just wondering.
LF

I hear the strippers in Montreal will do things your wife won't. That depends entirely on your wife :twisted: That being said, she's with me this trip so I doubt we'll be visiting the far end of Ste Catherine's street. Strippers in Montreal are terrible. It's all get you into the back room. Now thi...

I was in ZPC in July. At the time one of the buildings to the east was being used by Alberta Forestry. The hangars to the west have a fairly active bunch of ultra-lights and sailplanes. No manager but I managed to meet the couple that cleans and maintains the terminal. Fuel was at a very good price....

VFR minima. no wind Low power NORDO taking off on 35 IFR breaks out of cloud straight in 17 IFR pilot fails to see NORDO in ground clutter as it has already taken off, gained 50 feet and possibly wandered to the side of the runway. Does the NORDO pilot see him? How long does each pilot have before t...

... you might not get the clearance at all. In that case just fly east towards the Fraser River/Mission and step it up as you get out of the area. It's pretty easy to do completely uncontrolled if you like. That's how I brought a new-to-me C172 from ZBB to Alberta last December. 9500 seemed like pl...

LousyFisherman wrote: to fly my unmodified J3.

If I had one

LF

Flying isn't a right, it's a privilege, just like driving a car or a boat. In order to legally and safely exercise that privilege, we need to be properly trained, and our planes have to be properly equipped. Snip..... Its no different than the rights that one enjoys while driving , boating etc. And...

And yes I do bargain at a restaurant if the meal is not up to snuff. And yes my car mechanic has no problem with me coming into the shop and acting as his apprentice. So don't try to tell me how unique the behaviour of aircraft owners is. Did you happen to notice that both examples you gave to supp...

I trust them at least as much as any senior apprentice that I would also supervise and sign maintenance releases for. Exactly, I'm a real good parts washer, boss! I don't think I'm senior apprentice level though. Damned if I'm going to pay for the privilege of washing parts, however. I'm not a CPL ...

DonutHole wrote:I do $50/hr
I do you watch $75/hr
I do you help $150/hr

Thank you. You will never touch any plane I own. I like my plane. I don't like know-it-alls.

LF

Shiny Side Up wrote:I'd wager that everyone who ends up being good at flying has days where you get mad at yourself and are really unhappy with one's own performance. Snip......

I'm not even a good pilot and I have those days, most days actually

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From the article: "There is no regulation that prohibits departures before civil twilight -- just the nighttime currency rules (three takeoffs and landings [within] the last 90 days) and the aircraft needs to be nighttime-equipped," Kenitzer wrote. How would you do a strip inspection if you can't se...

cncpc wrote:"Split" charters are legal. I'm not sure but I think there's a procedure.
Charging three different clients the full rate is definitely not.

Why would it be illegal? You have signed 3 contracts and fulfilled 3 contracts.

Now the ethics might be questionable. Note I said might.

LF

PilotDAR wrote: Like it or not, our collective society enacts regulations for the greater good.

Really? Do you have any evidence to back that statement up? Because that is contrary to much of my experience.

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The conviction was a summary conviction, since there were no aggravating factors and I have no other criminal record. Now, LF- does this mean this wouldn't pop up during a routine customs check at all? I need to get some factual information here, I suppose a good place to start would be an Immigrat...