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Captain Apollo posted:November 18th, Pilots Bill of Rights 2 This guy, Inhofe, is the absolute most dangerous guy flying when he is in the air. Tommy 2.0 fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Nov 15, 2015 |
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Nov 15, 2015 04:42
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Because he is the only person completely untouchable by the FAA. Even John Kerry probably couldn't get away with anything.
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Nov 15, 2015 06:56
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I'm spinning up a flight school and the dispatchers at home base want two-way radio comms with the ops area. There's a ridge in the way. We do have a building in the ops area with power and internet access. I imagine we could lease space on an antenna farm on the ridge and do a licensed repeater, but that's fantastically expensive. It would be way cheaper to site something at our existing building. I could also easily do monitoring only with a scanner and a computer, like liveatc.net does, but 2 way seems to be a requirement. Does anyone know of any solutions that would allow for FCC approved 2-way comms with a VOIP backhaul or something, or even know a company I can talk to with expertise in the space? I'm starting from zero.
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Nov 17, 2015 01:16
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KS posted:I'm spinning up a flight school and the dispatchers at home base want two-way radio comms with the ops area. There's a ridge in the way. We do have a building in the ops area with power and internet access. I'd check out the amateur radio thread and see if they have any input. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2827275&perpage=40
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Nov 17, 2015 01:30
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KS posted:I'm spinning up a flight school and the dispatchers at home base want two-way radio comms with the ops area. There's a ridge in the way. We do have a building in the ops area with power and internet access. ATC air to ground radio comms at my last facility were VOIP (we'd get an extra half second of lag during peak internet traffic). I have no idea what really goes into it, but it's definitely something that's done.
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Nov 17, 2015 02:26
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I would like to highly recommend AceCFI.com for your Flight Instructor Renewal Course needs. Basically, I started at 2 and finished by 3:30 Captain Apollo fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Nov 17, 2015 10:38
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Table breaker. Don't you have enough passes to just go to the FSDO and get it renewed free? Or are you not instructing as often?
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Nov 17, 2015 15:32
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I'm in the middle of doing mine with American Flyers
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Nov 17, 2015 15:56
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Yay I'm flying into a blizzard in Denver wooo. Haha just kidding I'm ground delayed for an hour at least. What a mess.
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Nov 17, 2015 16:06
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The Slaughter posted:Yay I'm flying into a blizzard in Denver wooo. Haha just kidding I'm ground delayed for an hour at least. What a mess. I'm just glad that somebody wiser than us decided to cancel our Denver turn out of SLC, but now we've been sitting in SeaTac for the last 4 hours  E: annnnnd we just got further delayed due to MX issues, oh joy Butt Reactor fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Nov 18, 2015 |
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Nov 17, 2015 22:25
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My first CFI renewal, I decided to go to an in-person class instead of online, since I figured that it would be a little more engaging with discussions, etc. Holy poo poo was I wrong. We got a binder full of material, and literally for the entire 2 days the instructor read through the binder straight through, like some sort of mediaeval monk university. Never again. Now I do American Flyers online (lifetime deal) which seems to be the standard among the people I know.
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Nov 18, 2015 03:14
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Yeah I have always heard about American Flyers. AceCFI was AWESOME. Completed the course in 1hour 30minutes, got my temporary certificate at 5:54pm today. Entire renewal in less than 24 hours. Pretty epic.
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Nov 18, 2015 06:32
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Butt Reactor posted:I'm just glad that somebody wiser than us decided to cancel our Denver turn out of SLC, but now we've been sitting in SeaTac for the last 4 hours I got to spend today getting the crap kicked out of me in SEA and PDX, (plus some Montana for good measure) with moderate turbulence, moderate icing, 30kt gusting crosswinds, and lots of hand flying when the autopilot decides that it doesn't want to work in turbulence any more. Adding to the fun was a 153kt headwind from BZN to SEA, which meant a 200kt ground speed, and two hours of completely random patches of moderate turbulence.
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Nov 18, 2015 10:40
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hobbesmaster posted:Because he is the only person completely untouchable by the FAA. Nobody I work with can explain why either. They all know he basically does whatever whenever he wants. No matter what happens, he is NEVER officially at fault. Even if (and no poo poo this has literally happened I've heard the recordings) he is told to hold short of a runway, he reads it back verbatim, and he enters that same runway and lines up for take off. But some how...it is the controller's fault.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:30
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azflyboy posted:I got to spend today getting the crap kicked out of me in SEA and PDX, (plus some Montana for good measure) with moderate turbulence, moderate icing, 30kt gusting crosswinds, and lots of hand flying when the autopilot decides that it doesn't want to work in turbulence any more. I am glad I am not flying today. A buddy flew through severe.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:36
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Tommy 2.0 posted:Nobody I work with can explain why either. They all know he basically does whatever whenever he wants. No matter what happens, he is NEVER officially at fault. Even if (and no poo poo this has literally happened I've heard the recordings) he is told to hold short of a runway, he reads it back verbatim, and he enters that same runway and lines up for take off. But some how...it is the controller's fault. So uh, about your airports new multimillion dollar grant......... CITY TOWN - The Airport in xxx County will receive $4.7 million in federal, state and local matching funds, according to the STATE Aeronautics Commission. The funding is part of the commission's statewide airport Capital Improvement Program for fiscal years 2016-2018.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:40
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4.7mil seems like a reasonable payment to be able to endanger fellow aviators/passengers.
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Nov 18, 2015 18:00
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Yeah I hope that jerk gets voted out in the next election.
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Nov 18, 2015 18:03
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Tommy 2.0 posted:Nobody I work with can explain why either. They all know he basically does whatever whenever he wants. No matter what happens, he is NEVER officially at fault. Even if (and no poo poo this has literally happened I've heard the recordings) he is told to hold short of a runway, he reads it back verbatim, and he enters that same runway and lines up for take off. But some how...it is the controller's fault. He is the chairperson for the senate committee on the environment and public works of which one of the sub committees is responsible for transportation. Its not the "main" committee for transportation, but under senate rules he has effective veto power over all legislation involving the FAA including their funding. In other words, if you find him at fault you may suddenly find that there is no more budget for enforcement.
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Nov 18, 2015 18:03
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azflyboy posted:I got to spend today getting the crap kicked out of me in SEA and PDX, (plus some Montana for good measure) with moderate turbulence, moderate icing, 30kt gusting crosswinds, and lots of hand flying when the autopilot decides that it doesn't want to work in turbulence any more. Much better weather today, but we swap into the same CRJ giving us issues yesterday and end up canceling. yes, same MX issue as yesterday...leaving us in Spokane for an unexpected 18 hour layover, boy this trip is ending up full of great surprises 
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Nov 19, 2015 05:31
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Inhofe is a horrible person in any context.
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Nov 19, 2015 11:55
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hobbesmaster posted:He is the chairperson for the senate committee on the environment and public works of which one of the sub committees is responsible for transportation. Its not the "main" committee for transportation, but under senate rules he has effective veto power over all legislation involving the FAA including their funding. What has literally happened before, a few times, is that he has been at fault per every drat reg there is, yet the controllers have been the one paying the price. Time on the street, threatened to lose job, yada yada.
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Nov 19, 2015 18:40
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Clearly congressmen need their own call sign like Air Force One and Air Force Two
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Nov 19, 2015 21:08
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Air Farce One?
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Nov 19, 2015 23:00
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SHTHDxx <senator number> DHBGxxx <representative number> Shithead two-four you are cleared to do whatever the gently caress you want Douchebag one-eight-three report the field in sight, if you want to, but if you don't that's cool too
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Nov 19, 2015 23:45
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Butt Reactor posted:Much better weather today, but we swap into the same CRJ giving us issues yesterday and end up canceling. yes, same MX issue as yesterday...leaving us in Spokane for an unexpected 18 hour layover, boy this trip is ending up full of great surprises Day 1 for me was getting stuck in SEA for a few hours waiting to go to Denver due to their blizzard. Finally get to Den, head back for sea, r1 door seal comes a bit off and there's loud whistling for an hour annoying everybody and the cabin pressure controller was working overtime. Finally land in Seattle and it was fairly white knuckle all the way down with that crazy rear end hurricane that seemed parked over the field and the 20 kts of wind shear. Then we head to Vancouver after a mx issue that almost caused a plane swap for a very short rest overnight (8 hrs behind the door counts!). Fortunately, day 2 and 3 went easy with only minor weather and planes that decided to work. Which is good, because that day killed me.
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Nov 20, 2015 08:07
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overdesigned posted:SHTHDxx <senator number> Your post was not sarcasm at all, sadly.
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Nov 20, 2015 16:23
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Tommy 2.0 posted:Your post was not sarcasm at all, sadly. Its more a warning to other pilots on frequency.
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Nov 20, 2015 17:01
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hobbesmaster posted:Its more a warning to other pilots on frequency. Oh, they know too.
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Nov 22, 2015 05:32
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Is the special issuance process for Bill of Rights II retroactive or would somebody who got dinged once before have to go through again? CharlesM posted:Senator/Representative is a horrible person in any context. Isn't Manchin somehow involved in aviation as well? I remember seeing him on one of the panels Sully spoke in front of recently, seemingly stroking himself to be in Sully's presence. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Nov 22, 2015 |
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Nov 22, 2015 19:21
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CBJSprague24 posted:Is the special issuance process for Bill of Rights II retroactive or would somebody who got dinged once before have to go through again? Doesn't every politician do that, though? He tells them all what they want to hear and he's an American Hero!
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Nov 23, 2015 04:48
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CBJSprague24 posted:Is the special issuance process for Bill of Rights II retroactive or would somebody who got dinged once before have to go through again? You need to get your SI once, then after that you can comply with the pbor2 by following up with your regular doctor.
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Nov 23, 2015 05:21
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Ok, I've already done SI once so it sounds like I might be good. Thanks for clarifying.MrChips posted:Our favourite youtuber has struck again: I'd love to know more about GUARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD horror stories. Are there really obnoxious Guard Nazis/Trolls monitoring the frequency? I could easily believe it.
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Nov 23, 2015 18:01
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CBJSprague24 posted:Ok, I've already done SI once so it sounds like I might be good. Thanks for clarifying. There's someone in the South Florida area, or at least someone who flies through here semi-regularly, who keys up on guard, and let's fly with an absolutely perfect Chewbacca, every couple weeks. No other sounds, just Chewie.
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Nov 23, 2015 18:04
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CBJSprague24 posted:I'd love to know more about GUARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD horror stories. Are there really obnoxious Guard Nazis/Trolls monitoring the frequency? I could easily believe it. All day, every day.
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Nov 23, 2015 19:03
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MrYenko posted:There's someone in the South Florida area, or at least someone who flies through here semi-regularly, who keys up on guard, and let's fly with an absolutely perfect Chewbacca, every couple weeks. No other sounds, just Chewie. I might know this guy. Keep an eye on NK flights.
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Nov 23, 2015 19:28
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Ladies and gents, welcome to ab initio training in the United States. 0 to E-190 in 1500 hours flat with JetBlue: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-25/jetblue-to-shake-up-hiring-on-start-from-scratch-pilot-training I wonder how this affects the existing development program which involved Cape Air and ExpressJet. Do they work an R-ATP in there to get some multi/passenger flying/turbine time or does "gently caress you, got ours" apply? The Ferret King posted:All day, every day. I can't (no wait, I CAN) believe there are toolbags out there who bitch when you do what's depicted in the video. 
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Nov 26, 2015 16:01
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AWSEFT posted:I might know this guy. Keep an eye on NK flights. Please tell him that his color commentary, while officially frowned upon, is loving amazing.
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Nov 26, 2015 16:10
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MrYenko posted:Please tell him that his color commentary, while officially frowned upon, is loving amazing. Not sure I've heard this part but in a previous life he did a drat good Chewy often.
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Nov 26, 2015 16:52
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AWSEFT posted:Not sure I've heard this part but in a previous life he did a drat good Chewy often. I was speaking of the Chewy.
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Nov 26, 2015 17:32
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