How Long

[Colonel]

Insurance policies for taildraggers require a checkout from a flight instructor,
who can't fly it themselves.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

[quote]Insurance policies for taildraggers require a checkout from a flight instructor,
who can't fly it themselves.[/quote]

It is so incredibly stupid that the mind just refuses to believe that Transport Canada is run by such morons.

[Slick Goodlin]

While we’re on the subject, I’m outraged that the drivers’ test doesn’t require proficiency in the Ford planetary transmission, or buggy whips for that matter.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

While we’re on the subject, I’m outraged that the drivers’ test doesn’t require proficiency in the Ford planetary transmission, or buggy whips for that matter.

And how exactly does that relate to the subject?

[Colonel]

On the CPL flight test, I would love to see a required
500 foot landing, no obstacle, adjusted for wind and
density altitude.

If you can’t land a light single trainer in 500 feet, you
can’t control it with sufficient proficiency to deserve a
CPL.

I’ll wager that 90% of flight instructors in Canada couldn’t
do that.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

A lot of them can't even get it on the runway in that distance.

[Colonel]

What percentage of TC Inspectors could land in
the first 500 feet?

10%?  5%?

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Interesting question.

Air Canada managed to get an A320 stopped in the first 500 feet of a runway a while ago.

That was an impressive feat.

[Colonel]

Just a "hard landing", we were told.

The problem is, you can only do that once per airplane.