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I have a better idea. How about we require every candidate to pass an IQ test before sim. If they don't get anything above superior intelligence we require them to perform one steep turn, one single engine non precision, and one unusual attitude all while being blind folded along with the two most senior company check airman(the most pissed off lifers) yelling and screaming next to you about how much you suck. If that's not pressure DriverDriver, I don't know what is..
 
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I have a better idea. How about we require every candidate to pass an IQ test before sim. If they don't get anything above superior intelligence we require them to perform one steep turn, one single engine non precision, and one unusual attitude all while being blind folded along with the two most senior company check airman(the most pissed off lifers) yelling and screaming next to you about how much you suck. If that's not pressure DriverDriver, I don't know what is..


If you have a high IQ, you would be smart enough to never work for a commuter in the first place!
 
well there is one kind of flying that i can think of that actual stalls and recoveries are made over and over and and over again day in day out. can anyone think what it is?

Banner towing!
 
Well, might not be new but I don't see anyone discussing it here. How about the rules change so that if you fail a checkride you MUST take the whole ride over not just the parts you failed on. I have seen times where a pilot busted several rides then passed on the retake. But let's face it the pilot is laser focussing on one maybe two topics/manuevers. There is no "pressure cooker" of the event. People who cannot deal with the full pressure of an emergency might be weeded out by this approach to testing events. I'm not sure upping 121 requirements to ATP will suffice if the checkride they take can be done in parts and passed on. An emergency never asks your permission to happen. You're either ready to deal with stress or you are not. No one will be perfect in all events. But do others see this a possible way to improve the testing for certificates/ratings?

Discuss.


But there needs to be even more... We need more academics, especially relating to aerodynamics, fluids and other basic (repeat) basic engineering fundamentals. Short of requiring engineering degrees, there has to be some way to insure that people know that for example flaps area a LIFT devise primarily and not a DRAG device, as far too many pilot's I've run across seem to believe (or at least the way they fly seems to indicate).
 
But there needs to be even more... We need more academics, especially relating to aerodynamics, fluids and other basic (repeat) basic engineering fundamentals. Short of requiring engineering degrees, there has to be some way to insure that people know that for example flaps area a LIFT devise primarily and not a DRAG device, as far too many pilot's I've run across seem to believe (or at least the way they fly seems to indicate).

I second that.
 

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