FLYLOW22
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"Cannot duplicate" is proof that the pilot was wrong and therefore is not qualified to make an airworthyness determination."
Airworthyness?
Is that like Truthiness?
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"Cannot duplicate" is proof that the pilot was wrong and therefore is not qualified to make an airworthyness determination."
It must have been his kid. Anyone with that kind of ignorance and blatant slander cannot be a grown man. Who is now silent and smack talk lacking. Based in Chicago and on the XL by the way. Oh, and ex-military. The recall list is short rcr5.
you need to read the regulations there b....
The CAPTAIN has the final authority......blah blah.
So, when I say something isnt working, I just determined if it was airworthy or not. And that comes from the regulations. I didnt write them, I just do what they say. And if mx says "unable to duplicate"? that means they didnt fix what was broken....and it needs written up AGAIN until the item is repaired. If its broken then its broken....It dont matter what the mechanic writes, he can say its airworthy all day long but it dont mean the airplane will fly. The pilot determines if its airworthy. I know that cuts into your profit but that isnt our department. Maybe you should take a pay cut or something to make it work.
Most of the time spent by the flight crew is making sure management isnt trying to skirt the regs to get a revenue trip done.
You have a lot to learn about the operational side of aviation. You have the management side down real good.....safety is your number one concern, as long as it dont cost anything..
you're a very unsafe manager. I hope you retire or get arrested before you kill a lot of people.
You have the privilege of the write up. It is their signature, not the pilots however, that gives you an airworthy airplane.
Broke, to begin with, I've forgotten more in the past five minutes about the operations side of aviation and safety than you've experienced throughout your entire career as a pilot so I'm going to pick on you today because... well, just because.
I’ve had the pleasure of keeping pilots safe and from hurting themselves and others for a very long time now. I’m sure you’re perfect Broke, but that doesn’t mean all pilots are. It only takes one mistake to change the industry, and every pilot flying a commercial airplane today is one error away.
This is the dirty side of aviation that both you and your cronies will never admit to, that being there is somebody there with oversight to try and think of all the things that can go wrong on a flight by flight basis. That extends well beyond that of a pilot on any given flight.
Before that pilot is signed off to fly, somebody has to think of not only how that pilot is trained, but where the mistakes are most likely to happen, who can contribute to those mistakes and how to avoid them before they happen.
You think pilots come up with this stuff? Yeah, right. As I stated in my earlier post about what makes a good pilot, it’s the entire picture broke, not just your exalted view from the flight deck. Somebody has to understand what is happening operationally to make sure that the entire picture fits together. The new official term for this is SMS, but it’s been in the industry ever since I can remember, and let me tell you.. pilots are not the people you want involved in developing that type of program. They have a single view, and it’s not always that which is best for the entire picture.
As I’ve stated before, if something isn’t working to what a pilot perceives it should be, it’s up to the mechanic to determine what’s wrong and fix it. If a pilot continues to perceive the same issue from airplane to airplane as I’ve seen so many times over the years, it’s a pilot issue, not an airplane issue. That’s why pilots are retrained, because no matter how much people like me try to use a crystal ball to anticipate the next issue, we seem to always be one step behind the next stupid pilot trick.
The mechanic has the final say on the airworthiness of the airplane. Period. He doesn’t sign, you don’t go.
You have the privilege of the write up. It is their signature, not the pilots however, that gives you an airworthy airplane.
The mechanic has the final say on the airworthiness of the airplane. Period.
FAR 91.3 (a) The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
FAR 91.7 (b) The pilot in command of a civil aircraft is responsible for determining whether that aircraft is in condition for safe flight. The pilot in command shall discontinue the flight when unairworthy mechanical, electrical, or structural conditions occur.
Well, that was easy to look up. I know which one prints my license.