How many regional pilots can REALLY meet this requirement?

I believe SPIFR or some job where hand flying is used a lot provides a better foundation for a pilot to toss automation on top of. Being able to make stupid mistakes to learn from without risking anyone's life is a bonus..

Remember though, just because there are boxes in the back and just you onboard, there are still those on the ground beneath you to think about.....you're always potentially risking someone's life, even when single pilot.

My old cargo company lost two 208A Caravans and a 208B Caravan which were Fedex birds, and a PA-31 which was flying UPS cargo, all in a 3 year timespan. All except the 208B were fatal, and one of the 208As went into a neighborhood area, with only the pilot being a fatality, but it could've been worse.

This single-pilot cargo accident, thought not WX related, is an example of the potential for there being things other than just the pilot at risk:

 
Ah crap, you're right. I just imagined it.
The GS is NOTAMd OTS right now, though looks like its going to be that way for a while given that all the approach plates just say LOC. not sure what the deal is, maybe my foreflight is just on crack.
 
I feel like these, and anything else that has just a digital attitude indicator, are driven by mechanical gyros.
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Holy cow!

I didn't know we were having a pee-pee measuring contest! :)

I win! WooooOooOOOoO!
 
Holy cow!

I didn't know we were having a pee-pee measuring contest! :)

I win! WooooOooOOOoO!

Well, obviously, you spun a twin - takes the cake hands down. Can you relate that story to us again Papa Derg? (No but seriously, that's a good story)
 
Well, obviously, you spun a twin - takes the cake hands down. Can you relate that story to us again Papa Derg? (No but seriously, that's a good story)

I actually had an inadvertent spin in a Seneca because I was a flipping over-confident idiot doing Vmc demos too near the 'critical altitude'.

I got out of it because of dumb luck.
 
I actually had an inadvertent spin in a Seneca because I was a flipping over-confident idiot doing Vmc demos too near the 'critical altitude'.

I got out of it because of dumb luck.
"I then asked him if his slide rule could measure one man's fate against another's."
 
I actually had an inadvertent spin in a Seneca because I was a flipping over-confident idiot doing Vmc demos too near the 'critical altitude'.

I got out of it because of dumb luck.

I read a full write up you did some time back, highly entertaining read - no seriously.

I feel like hearing about inexperience and overconfidence from a guy who's been there and done that is generally good content. It is stories like that that have kept my dumb ass from trying to replicate them.
 
I'm sure it's out there somewhere.

Generally speaking, the fewer hours you have, the more conservative you are, then you reach that upper ends of being a low-time pilot who is on the upper-end of the low-time pilot scale (2000 to 4000 hours) where you think you're the top of the pops and you make a lot of dumb decisions from bravado. You find yourself shiny-side down, lose enough friends where you're out of toes and fingers to count them on and if you want to live long enough to get a couple gray hairs, you learn that glory, bravado and scud running is folly.

Give the cells a wide berth (like the Americans when you're driving a Russian sub), learn to tell dispatch (or your captain if you're an FO, or your FO if you're a captain) to kiss your black ass and yeah, you probably need to de-ice.
 
I made the old FE web site together with Gary...wonder where he is now...IIRC he went back to working in the medical field. Great guy had a BMW club he started too.
 
A large group of JC regulars walks into a Bar...
No wait, a Starbucks, because they aren't all 21...

So a large group of JC regulars walks into a coffee bar.
Does anyone even notice?
 
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