Appleseed said:
You guys ever take an FAA exam? Its reading comprehension. They don't give a berkeley if you know how to fly.
There were more questions about ADF than GPS when I took Private Pilot exam in like 2018. A quick poll of our club members (10 of us co-owned a C172) showed that exactly zero used the ADF on the plane (which included 3 ATP rated pilots who might have collectively had more hours in the sky than I had experienced on Earth). But by golly, I had to prove to the FAA that I understood it.
Same with being tested on the needlessly abbreviated AIRMET's and such, leftover from when it was technologically required because it came over a Telex or some such.
Spearfishin said:
Appleseed said:
You guys ever take an FAA exam? Its reading comprehension. They don't give a berkeley if you know how to fly.
There were more questions about ADF than GPS when I took Private Pilot exam in like 2018. A quick poll of our club members (10 of us co-owned a C172) showed that exactly zero used the ADF on the plane (which included 3 ATP rated pilots who might have collectively had more hours in the sky than I had experienced on Earth). But by golly, I had to prove to the FAA that I understood it.
Same with being tested on the needlessly abbreviated AIRMET's and such, leftover from when it was technologically required because it came over a Telex or some such.
It's kind of funny that we're still making and installing ADFs, but how else is the flight crew going to listen to the ball game or the farm report?
In reply to Karacticus :
The hardest part for me was remembering all of the cloud separation requirements for airspace, altitude, and time of day.
They let you bring one 8.5" X 11" blank sheet of paper into the exam room and the first thing I did was to draw the chart:
I don't think it's possible to accurately judge the distance of something nebulous like a cloud so in reality it's pretty much, oh look, a cloud, let's stay well clear of it.
I'm so glad I paid extra for shipping from Rock Auto to get the part today and UPS doesn't even have it yet.
RX Reven' said:
In reply to Karacticus :
The hardest part for me was remembering all of the cloud separation requirements for airspace, altitude, and time of day.
They let you bring one 8.5" X 11" blank sheet of paper into the exam room and the first thing I did was to draw the chart:
I don't think it's possible to accurately judge the distance of something nebulous like a cloud so in reality it's pretty much, oh look, a cloud, let's stay well clear of it.
My CFI's answer for "how am I supposed to accurately judge that distance?" Was some version of "don't fly VFR in clouds. The distance part you need to know for your exams."
Karacticus said:
It's kind of funny that we're still making and installing ADFs, but how else is the flight crew going to listen to the ball game or the farm report?
I remember that back in the 90's we mostly just used it to grab AM radio for in flight entertainement.
We sang, "Friends in Low Places" a *lot*.
brandonsmash said:
I can't share a ton of details, but I just caught a GC on a job trying to snow me into paying for a large rework of a system my company installed. The other GC tried to blame my construction practices as being deficient so I would have to redo everything and pay for it myself.
I came back by citing appropriate code and specific allowances, which shut down that argument. However, I really don't like that underhanded nonsense and it's super stressful.
My sympathizes for dealing with that. Stuff like this is why I have a list of long time clients I work for and only really add others if they are known to that circle.
It's a weird business practice that thankfully works for me and cuts out asshattery
GPz11 (Forum Supporter) said:
I'm so glad I paid extra for shipping from Rock Auto to get the part today and UPS doesn't even have it yet.
I've been reading bad things about RockAuto more and more
Antihero said:
GPz11 (Forum Supporter) said:
I'm so glad I paid extra for shipping from Rock Auto to get the part today and UPS doesn't even have it yet.
I've been reading bad things about RockAuto more and more
Please don't shatter what little faith I have remaining in humanity...I trust Marriott, Delta, Mazda, Dell, and RockAuto.
Removing any one of them would result in my safe space getting 20% smaller.
In reply to RX Reven' :
I'll be honest, I only use RockAuto for stuff I don't have to have anytime soon. Granted this time, I did pay $2 extra to get it today instead of next Tuesday since a buddy is coming over so we can do some comparing. Working on getting rid of the Scorpio rear wheel bearings and brakes on my XR4Ti. I've toasted too many bearings on the track. Looking at doing 350z / 370z rear bearings and hubs. Copying a buddy's Lemons XR setup.
