Brian wrote:
Have you ever drained 5 gallons of fuel out of an airplane to get it
under the maximum gross weight?


Good God... no. Nor will I. I'd never be welcome there again.


Have you ever cancelled the Lesson due to the missing compass
correction card while instructing/flying was your only source of income
and you haven't flown (or been paid) for 3 weeks due to bad weather?


I can tell you at least have operated with the constraints placed on someone who
flies for a living. These simplistic rules of thumb I've been reading from the
self righteous here are making me want to spew. Simple rules are for simple
people.


What do you do on your Dual Cross countries when any of the following
occur 100 miles from your home airport and 30 miles from the nearest
Mechanic? And you have 3 more students waiting for you when you get
back since they haven't been able to fly for past 3 weeks due to bad
weather.


You tie down the airplane, set the brake, set the throttle (gently) and hand
prop it. Then you fly it home IFR (I follow roads). I've had most of that crap
happen to me one time or another too. My last 135 cargo company expected us to
continue to the destination on one engine if the other failed; they didn't get
paid otherwise. That's the reality of flying for pay. You don't get the
privileges of flying for fun.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE