Gray Beard do's/don'ts for newbies

[JetProp]

I always carry a little food in my overnight bag..just incase we get in late and nothing is open. I heat my cans of chef boyardee by running hot water over them in the sink..if there is no microwave.
Power bars are good to keep handy as well.
Regards, Jetprop

 

[bobbysamd]

Food

For that matter, keep around some Cups of Soup.

 

[Tref]

Here's my safety trick....

How many times have you read an accident or incident report and thought, "gee, that was really dumb" or "what were they thinking." Well I use that to my advantage.

When I have to make a tough go/no go decision I imagine anything that could possibly go wrong and if I can imagine an accident investigator thinking "gee, that was really dumb" then I won't do it.

Thankfully, I don't have use this too much anymore, but it kept me alive for a couple of years in the wild, wild north (Canada = 3000' gravel strips, no wx info, an ndb if you're lucky, sometimes flare pots 'cause there are no runway lights).

 

[jaybird]

Quick Flight

I just found this one out. There is never a "quick flight." I had to take a piss the other day but I was running behind for my next flight and I thought to myself the flight was gonna be short so I'll just hold it. Well it turned out we had a gear problem and the flight took much longer than I expected.

So if you gotta go, just go, don't hold it.

 

[dav8or]

It's always better to be on the ground wishing you were flying, than flying and wishing you were on the ground.

The only time you can have too much gas is when you're on fire.

Pick your employer wisely, you may be there longer than you expected.

Runway behind you is useless.

ATC can make mistakes, question them if it doesn't sound right

It's always fun until someone gets hurt

Never use your credit card at the nudie bar

You won't be happy until you can drive to work.

Never move to your base, it will close right after you close on your house.

 

[A1FlyBoy]

great advice!