Scudrunners

Or any year, for that matter.

I keep saying over and over and over and over again that every aircraft
accident this year, will be a repeat of a previous one.  For example:

[url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=200520]https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=200520[/url]

What does that mean to you?  Well, if you spend a little time and
research some common accidents, and learn the lessons from them,
and [i]refuse to repeat them[/i], well, you won't die in a repeat of that
particular accident.

As the risk of enraging the four bars, [b]safety does not come from
paper[/b].  Paper merely keeps TC from bothering you.  Like renewing
the registration on your car, putting a sticker on your licence plate
doesn't make your car any safer, it just protects you from being hassled
by the people you pay taxes to.

Safety comes from skill and knowledge, which comes from experience
and training.

Your choice:  Do you want to live, or die repeating a previous aircraft
accident?  I find it odd that many people choose the latter.  I refuse
to, even if people think I am a [b]BAD PERSON[/b] for doing so.

I'm widely considered to be a pretty sub-standard instructor,
but here is some interesting reading:

[url=http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/lt/re ... ctices.pdf]http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/lt/re ... ctices.pdf[/url]

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7374.msg20183#msg20183 date=1509155863]
I'm widely considered to be a pretty sub-standard instructor[/quote]

Here you go, Hedley, exaggerating again. In all my years hanging around these forums, I have seen [b][i]one[/i][/b] person accuse you of being a sub-standard instructor.

On the contrary, I would suggest you are widely considered to be a highly skilled pilot and an excellent instructor. I have seen many people say so.

It would not be exaggerating if you said, "I'm widely considered to be an obnoxious shit disturber", but that's another story.  8)

Does Ontario Region count?

I was told many years ago that I would not be able to renew
an instructor rating in Ontario Region, so I started traveling
to PNR to renew my instructor ratings.  That was neither
convenient nor inexpensive.

Anyways, it doesn't really matter.  History.

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7374.msg20191#msg20191 date=1509224972]
Anyways, it doesn't really matter.  History.
[/quote]
It's alright, I've been called the worst pilot a particular CFI had ever met but I think I turned out okay.

Back on topic (?) ....

To me, this sounds like a completely bizarre thing to say, but ...

[b]Safety (defined simply as "not crashing") is the highest priority in aviation.[/b]

At least to me.  Or perhaps my generation.

I feel this weird, surreal reality slippage when people bizarrely
and incredibly think that there are more important considerations.

Crashing destroys an airplane.  Crashing can hurt and kill people.
Boy, can I ever post some pictures here.  This is a guy I
met a couple times, and his passenger:

[img width=500 height=405][/img]

Crashing - the absence of safety - is very, very bad.  I don't
know how to make this any clearer or simpler.

But I get the feeling that the "new generation" thinks that
safety isn't the highest priority, and that crashing really
isn't that bad.  A learning experience, to talk about when
you are interviewed for your major airline job.

The "new generation" thinks that there are other priorities
in aviation, higher than safety such as:

1) environmental and ecological considerations
2) gender pronouns
3) cultural appropriation
4) hurt feelings
5) regulatory requirements
6) ATC
7) HR policies

etc

I know I am a [b]VERY BAD PERSON[/b] but all of the above goes
out the window, if I have to maintain safety and [i]not crash[/i].

All of the above seems ludicriously obvious to me -
even having to discuss this is fucking bizarre.

I am perfectly happy to hurt someone's feelings (gasp) if I think it
might improve aviation safety.  This clearly makes me a dinosaur.

I will admit that the two most dangerous things I have done in my
career in an airplane were at the insistence of two different TC Inspectors. 
Should have told them to take a hike, because there was [b]no way[/b] they
would ever have had the skill to do what they insisted I do.

Mea Culpa.

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7374.msg20193#msg20193 date=1509251401]
I will admit that the two most dangerous things I have done in my
career in an airplane were at the insistence of two different TC Inspectors. 
Should have told them to take a hike, because there was [b]no way[/b] they
would ever have had the skill to do what they insisted I do.

Mea Culpa.
[/quote]


What were the two things they asked you to do?

Listen, I get continually get shit on for re-posting.  I
have posted that many times.  Learn to use a 
"search engine".  You will find that useful for finding
out other stuff in the future, too.

Back on topic (?) ...

This isn't just an aviation thing.  This is a generational thing.

I was watching TV recently, and two guys did some track time
on 600's and when they finished their solo laps, they stopped
and asked the instructor (watching them lap) if they did well.

Sigh.  If you want your ego stroked or your cock sucked to
make you feel good, don't ask a motorcycle instructor.  Get
a hooker, ok?

If I were them, after I got off, I wouldn't ask the instructor
to suck my cock or stuff hot butter up my ass to make me
feel good.

I would ask the instructor:

[b]What is the most important single thing I need to do [/b]
[b]differently, to improve?[/b]

Then you get out there and practice until you fix that, then
ask the instructor what is the next thing you need to improve
on.

Spot the pattern?  [b]Safety doesn't come from feeling good[/b], it
comes from [b]closing the loop[/b] on knowledge and skill development.

Everyone wants - expects! - to be a phenomenon that doesn't
need to practice, to be really good.  A Hollywood fantasy.

Sorry, that's not the way it works.  If you have some of the
right DNA, after 10 years of daily practice, you might be
pretty good.

I saw a movie advertisment - with 99% critical approval -
called "Baby Driver" (I am NOT making this shit up) about
some phenomenal 12 year old that didn't need to shave
and was the best driver in the world.

What the fuck?!

Here's a fucking baby driver for you folks that like
to live in fantasy land:

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Verstappen]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Verstappen[/url]

[quote]youngest driver to compete in Formula 1 at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix.
youngest driver to lead a lap during a Formula One Grand Prix,
youngest driver to set the fastest lap during a Formula One Grand Prix,
youngest driver to score points,
youngest driver to secure a podium and
youngest Formula One Grand Prix winner in history[/quote]

Note the following:

[quote]Verstappen began karting at age  4 1⁄2[/quote]

So at age 20, [b]he already has 15+ years of experience![/b]

Also note the following:

[quote]He is the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen.
his mother, Sophie Kumpen, competed in karting.
His uncle, Anthony Kumpen, competed in endurance racing and is currently a NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver[/quote]

Canadians like to shit on family history in activities,
as somehow being a [b]BAD THING[/b] but boy, it sure
does appear with the greats with amazing consistency.