Calling out another pilot.

Blackhawk said:
Again, the type of area is irrelevant.

(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
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That was kind of my point 2 pages ago. I think you were the only one to get it, though.
 
aloft said:
:yeahthat:



Anyway, one day during the season after I left the company, one of the pilots nearly exhausted his fuel; the engine quit on him just after taxiing clear of the runway. He then had the plane towed back to the ramp and had it fueled. The fueler happened to also be a CFI and he got all self-righteous when he saw the empty tanks, saying that if he saw the pilot take off in that airplane, he'd report him to the FSDO for reckless operation.
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What if said pilot had to go around for whatever reason?
 
Why can't we just do a good old fashioned dance-off like in "You Got Served"?

"I was unsafe, YO? Start da music"

"ungh, ungh.. Wan't some, fool? Whathoogot?"
 
Doug Taylor said:
Why can't we just do a good old fashioned dance-off like in "You Got Served"?

"I was unsafe, YO? Start da music"

"ungh, ungh.. Wan't some, fool? Whathoogot?"
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Close.....though not exact. Disco Vietnam!!:

[yt]47gahDuOff8[/yt]
 
MikeD said:
Close.....though not exact:

[yt]47gahDuOff8[/yt]
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See, that's what I'm talking about. Now if the individuals that were party to the "Amma writta lettah" fiasco from a couple weeks ago just manned up and had a dance off, none of the negative karma from last week had to be experienced!
 
Doug Taylor said:
See, that's what I'm talking about. Now if the individuals that were party to the "Amma writta lettah" fiasco from a couple weeks ago just manned up and had a dance off, none of the negative karma from last week had to be experienced!
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Yup. If they just went to dropping that disco big rig, shifting gears, blowing their funky horn, pulling into the truckstop and picking up some scrapple made out of sexy; none of that would've happened.
 
Tram said:
I believe it.. In the Jetstream, we took a highly qualified CFI from STL to UIN one day.. After the flight he made his way to the cockpit and told us that this was the most dangerous flight he had ever been on and he was going to write our company a letter about it.. He was all in a tizzy because we didn't do a proper run up and never even checked the mags on either engine..
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Funny how these people don't have any problems until AFTER the flight. I had a flight to Key West out of Atlanta where the plane was late getting out of the MX hangar. When it got to the gate we noticed it was low on hydraulic fluid so we had the mechanic go get some and fill it up. We were upfront with the passengers as to what was going on.

After we get to Key West, a guy sticks his head in the cockpit and told us he was disappointed that we took the airplane. He has worked on hydraulic systems his whole career and they don't just "lose fluid and have to be refilled".

We made the PA with the door still open, maybe even up at the gate house. If it bothered him that much, why did he come along?
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Funny how these people don't have any problems until AFTER the flight. I had a flight to Key West out of Atlanta where the plane was late getting out of the MX hangar. When it got to the gate we noticed it was low on hydraulic fluid so we had the mechanic go get some and fill it up. We were upfront with the passengers as to what was going on.

After we get to Key West, a guy sticks his head in the cockpit and told us he was disappointed that we took the airplane. He has worked on hydraulic systems his whole career and they don't just "lose fluid and have to be refilled".

We made the PA with the door still open, maybe even up at the gate house. If it bothered him that much, why did he come along?
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Oh god, don't get me started on the A&P that wanted us to cancel a flight because he saw oil on the #2 engine on a 737-200.

When the #2 engine STOPS showing oil, that's when there's a problem.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Oh god, don't get me started on the A&P that wanted us to cancel a flight because he saw oil on the #2 engine on a 737-200.

When the #2 engine STOPS showing oil, that's when there's a problem.
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Even on the two hairdryers bolted onto the CRJ I've learnd the hard way not to walk underneath them. That stuff is pretty hot and makes you smell funny for a while.
 
Never EVER walk under the #2 on a 727! ;)

Seriously, I appreciate observations from non-crewmembers, but tell me your observations, I'll process it using my operational experience and familiarity with the aircraft but then please let the professionals do their job and have a seat.

Probably every other flight, someone is shocked, just SHOCKED when they can see other aircraft in proximity over the ocean.

The NAT track system is busy!
 
Doug Taylor said:
See, that's what I'm talking about. Now if the individuals that were party to the "Amma writta lettah" fiasco from a couple weeks ago just manned up and had a dance off, none of the negative karma from last week had to be experienced!
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amma writta lettah to all the respective airlines, tell'n'em how them flyboys is pullin 5G's in the turns, overspeedin the engines, and buzzin' da towah when da patterns full!
 
Doug Taylor said:
Never EVER walk under the #2 on a 727! ;)

Seriously, I appreciate observations from non-crewmembers, but tell me your observations, I'll process it using my operational experience and familiarity with the aircraft but then please let the professionals do their job and have a seat.

Probably every other flight, someone is shocked, just SHOCKED when they can see other aircraft in proximity over the ocean.

The NAT track system is busy!
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Yet when i was big on taking pictures of airplanes and had my camera ready to go at all times I never saw nothin.

Likewise now that I'm at work, if I bring my camera, we're IMC the whole flight. When I don't, I usually see something cool.
 
aloft said:
Well regardless of what your silly little AIM says, it is NOT listed as an acceptable traffic pattern entry in his Jeppesen Private Pilot textbook!! :mad:


:D
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Touche - the funny thing about that CFI - is that he believed it was a rule (somewhere in the FAR) not to exceed 30 degree of bank in the pattern - we were in clear violation... guess he was a product of CFI inbreeding. :crazy:
 
coa787 said:
Sometimes, you can even see the airplanes on an adjacent track.
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Oft times we'll "offset" up to 2 miles for "SLOP" (Strategic Lateral Offset Program?) and you'll see jets EVERYWHERE, it's kinda cool. Sometimes you'll GPWS warnings when you're both in GPS aircraft.
 
Man, you gots to keep your head on a swivel. Try not to overshoot JFK, okay? :)

Also, I think it's Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure. You posted a video about that, a long time ago, too. I don't know if people still accidentally offset to the left or not *cough*speedbird*cough.* :)
 
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