Mike has religion. That often gets in the way of rational thought.
Specifically, Mike has LOP religion. Let's look at this slide:
With all due respect to Mike, tens of thousands of engines have run
for MILLIONS of hours in what he alarmingly calls the "Red Box".
This is complete nonsense. If you believed Mike, you'd think that
the biggest problem we have with Lycomings is the heads failing
and blowing off the steel cylinders.
That isn't exactly the case. When was the last time you were flying
and a cylinder head failed catastrophically, departing the engine?
Mike is blinded by his religion. We have discussed this. He does
not think I am a very nice young man. That's ok.
I am data-driven. Sometimes this leads me to observations and
conclusions that hurt people's feelings. Ok.
For example, I might observe that the runway at my home airport
has the centerline sprayed with student-repelling paint. That might
be a valid conclusion from the collected data, and it might cause
delicate flowers to burst into tears. Ok.
But riddle me this: how is a generation raised on Family Guy, The
Simpsons and South Park so easily and permanently offended?
Sometime, read "The Great Santini". I'd appreciate 1000 words,
which is only 100 words per chapter. There is no way I could keep
it down to that.
PS No cheating and watching the movie, ok? It leaves out a LOT.
