Logging Multi time

[lowlycfi]

Don't need the endorsement to LOG PIC just to ACT as PIC.

From 61.31
(g) Additional training required for operating pressurized aircraft capable of operating at high altitudes. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (g)(3) of this section, no person may act as pilot in command of a pressurized aircraft (an aircraft that has a service ceiling or maximum operating altitude, whichever is lower, above 25,000 feet MSL), unless that person has received and logged ground training from an authorized instructor and obtained an endorsement in the person's logbook or training record from an authorized instructor who certifies the person has satisfactorily accomplished the ground training.

 

[avbug]

Raising Arizona. A very underappreciated movie, and one of Nic Cages best.

 

[350DRIVER]

They're better off. Why on earth would they want to pucker up their careers or pollute their lives by working for a company like that anyway?

Pretty bold statement there avbug, I am starting to think that you and Markette may be the same person.


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[avbug]

I do not know what you mean. I have quoted regulation here, and dealt with a regulatory issue.

The single pronunciation of opinion dealt with the use of a firm for which I have no respect. You make an assumption about my own identity which is quite incorrect. If you refer to the same gentleman who provides training for various type aircraft to meet insurance requirements, I can assure you I'm not him. I don't know him, but have flown with him. I do not personally care for his training, nor for his offering.

He visited a facility where I worked, and I received the initial training there from him. He performed a barrel roll in the corporate jet during that training flight. He was afraid of mountains, and had a severe white-collar attitude about flying an airplane. Different world from mine; he didn't earn my respect. Others, primarily those who are looking for bargain basement training, seem quite pleased with his services. Strictly a matter of personal opinion. Never the less, I am not him.

As for bold statements, have you ever known me to make anything less?

If you're referring to someone else, I have no knowledge of that person.

 

[350DRIVER]

avbug,

Thanks for the reply, was just curious.. Bob had given me a captain ride awhile back. It is the same guy that you are referring to. I think he is out of Indiana somewhere. A few stories about engine failures in the Sabre were a tad "interesting" to say the least.

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[avbug]

The only story I ever heard from him was waffling on and on about a steering hardover in a Sabre 60. The steering system and electronics is unnecessarily complicated with a trouble-prone potentiometer that requires very frequent testing...hardovers aren't that uncommon historically in the airplane. However, he seemed very fixed on that one event, as though it were a lifechanging moment. I recall that he seemed afraid of mountains and terrain, and he lost my attention completely when he told me he considered anything below 15,000 to be "low level."

He was very fond of cutting short a systems description by praying the mantra of pure fffg magic. Don't need to know that, mister. Nothing you can do about it in flight. No, that? That's not important either. It's all magic. All you need to know is the anunciator panel. Don't need to know systems. Can't do anything about them anyway. Why would you want to know that, anyway? Just be careful of that steering. It's a killer. Didn't leave me with any warm fuzzies. I later went to work for a company that was intent on using his services, and worked hard to successfully disuade them and pick a different vendor.

 

[350DRIVER]

interesting!!!


I guess he is a check airman for like 14 different operators. Interesting to so say the least....


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[avbug]

He gets used because he's cheap. He is the cheap alternative to doing it up right and sending someone to simuflite or flight safety. He's the economy answer for departments that don't want to spend a lot for their training.

If I were to choose between using his services and spending less, or sending a new hire to simuflite or flight safety for more dollars, I'd spend the extra money. It's worth it, hands-down.

 

[350DRIVER]

agree...

Sometimes cheap is not always safe and better..

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