AIN on Avantair

[jonjuan]

Honest, Mom. I was just trying to push the goat over the fence.

 

[hangarrat]

Honest, Mom. I was just trying to push the goat over the fence.

some one owes me a new keyboard :laugh:

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Haz"Matt"...did you hire in as a street Captain at Avantair?

 

[brokeflyer]

what are we looking at in your avatar?
is that oil pressure?

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Yeah......the one on the left is oil pressure in the yellow. We were asked to fly a few more days like that before we could take it into maintenance. I have video too....LOL

 

[jonjuan]

Yeah......the one on the left is oil pressure in the yellow. We were asked to fly a few more days like that before we could take it into maintenance. LOL

And you said "no way", right? LOL

 

[brokeflyer]

Yeah......the one on the left is oil pressure in the yellow. We were asked to fly a few more days like that before we could take it into maintenance. I have video too....LOL

so they asked you to exceed the limitations of the airplane?

nice

 

[wacoflyr]

Broke, know what a new PT6 costs? I don't either, but I bet it's a lot. Do you really believe that they were asked to fly with the oil in the yellow? Also, he was the copilot. It would have been his job to say no. If he were telling the truth, he would have flagrantly violated an FAR. One or the other has to be true. I know which one I believe.

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

As long as you know......LOL. Did you decide on that job offer I gave you...gluing boards together and getting a pay raise?

 

[glasspilot]

This is laughable...

If BeenThereSpunIt's (BTSI) avatar picture is true then the needle is either in the green or the yellow as the picture doesn't really show.

Of those two options either:

A. It's in the green and there is no problem, or

B. It's in the yellow and there is a problem. If that is the case then there are two options;

.....B1. It's in the yellow and got fixed, or

.....B2. It's in the yellow and Mr. BTSI flew it.



If A or B1 are true then great and there is no story to gloat about.

However, if B2 is true (as BTSI proclaims) then BTSI admits to having flown a plane outside the aircrafts limitations and is now bragging about doing so. If I were to unintentionally violate an FAR I'd fill out a NASA report. In contrast, BTSI takes a picture (and the video he now proclaims) and proceeds to INTENTIONALLY violate the limitation.

This is the 2nd or 3rd time I've addressed his avatar with the oil guage and once again I'd like to point out that,

1. At Avantair I have NEVER been pressed to fly broken equipment, and

2. If BTSI has been pressed to fly broken equipment then he is, as an FO, provided toe brakes and does not have to allow the plane to take off.

If B2 is true then BTSI knew he was breaking the limitations of the aircraft when he left. Rather than get maintenance involved or call the chief pilot like a normal pilot, he photographs and videos his FAR transgression and then posts it on a public forum after he quits.

Remember, BTSI quit, not for pushing him to fly, but for not upgrading him in these extremely tough economic times in the time frame that he expected.

I do believe any rational person can deduce exactly what happened here. And once again I'd like to point out that as a current Piaggio pilot familiar with this gauge, I can not ascertain where that needle lies in BTSI avatar. It looks like it's on the line to me.