414Flyer
Down with Chemtrails!
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At some uncontrolled fields, there might be traffic with no radio, such as crop dusters or ultra lights, that you might not hear on the radio, but unicom or other traffic might be able to give you a heads up on it.
I do not do it usually, but I can not really fault someone else for doing it, especially at fields that have a lot of the above kind of traffic. I do not see it as lazy, unless someone is using that in place of their eyes. But face it, you always have about how many other tasks going on at the same time? Every little bit of info helps.
If eyes were foolproof and always good enough, maybe we would not need things like TCAS. But well, sometimes things happen. It is not always an ideal world we live in.
What my pet peeves are
People using the "active" at an uncontrolled field
"Tally ho" and "No joy" Maybe it is proper military prodecures, but it sounds irredeemibly dorky from someone in a C-172. And its not the freaking Battle of Britain either.
"I am taking the runway for departure". Okay, where are you taking it to?
"I am WITH YOU", when talking to ATC. Well gee, who else are you with. Not cheating on the controller are you?
I do not do it usually, but I can not really fault someone else for doing it, especially at fields that have a lot of the above kind of traffic. I do not see it as lazy, unless someone is using that in place of their eyes. But face it, you always have about how many other tasks going on at the same time? Every little bit of info helps.
If eyes were foolproof and always good enough, maybe we would not need things like TCAS. But well, sometimes things happen. It is not always an ideal world we live in.
What my pet peeves are
People using the "active" at an uncontrolled field
"Tally ho" and "No joy" Maybe it is proper military prodecures, but it sounds irredeemibly dorky from someone in a C-172. And its not the freaking Battle of Britain either.
"I am taking the runway for departure". Okay, where are you taking it to?
"I am WITH YOU", when talking to ATC. Well gee, who else are you with. Not cheating on the controller are you?