When I hired on in Wichita about 30 years ago, I had done
flight training in my home state of Illinois, but also in
Texas and Oklahoma. I had no problem adjusting to flying in
all kinds of winds. But they told me the guy they had hired
earlier the same year was from Florida, after a week or two,
he basically fled screaming about the wind.

But it is understandable, Here in Wichita, it can be
blowing 40-60 mph and no storms within hundreds of miles.
In Florida, if the wind is blowing above 15, it means a
hurricane is approaching.


"john hawkins" wrote in message
et...
|I got my PPL in Florida and a few years later moved to
Texas. When I got my
| first checkout in TX it was blowing 25 Knts. I was
astounded that anyone
| would fly in such winds. After a year of Texas I returned
to Florida, I
| was amazed at how pilots were scared of a slightly breezy
day.
|
| Having run out of money and time My IFR currency of
course evapoarted. I
| have since been using Microsoft Simulator to get my head
back in thegame. It
| really helps even it it is not loggable.
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
| Very true. I know there are many CFIs who are not
| comfortable in IMC and many others who will not do IR
dual
| in IMC. Winds scare many pilots, including CFIs. It
may
| not be comfortable to fly in 30 knot winds below 5,000,
but
| even on those days when it fcst to be calm, the wind can
| blow up.
| We trained in winds that happened, even flying BE23-24
in
| winds up to 40 knots. The Cessna schools did the same,
in
| Kansas and Oklahoma, we routinely soloed students as
long as
| the winds were not greater than 25 knots or gust spread
10
| knots and x-winds were within the range in which we had
| trained.
| Many times I can recall taking off in a Skipper with
winds
| down the runway at 10 knots and returning 30 minutes
later
| with winds at 40 kts at 45°. If the CFI won't fly in
the
| "difficult" weather because of comfort [or fear] how
will
| the student ever learn how to recover when the weather
is
| not as fcst.
|
| Do they still offer 737 VFR only type ratings?
|
|
|
| "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| | On Oct 3, 5:11 pm, "Jim Macklin"
| | wrote:
| | The AOPA has some stuff on recurrent training
currency.
| |
| | The IR is detail and if you don't use it you lose it
| fast.
| | The currency requirement is 6 months and you must do
an
| ICC
| | after a year, but that may be enough for a 6,000
pilot
| who
| | flies almost daily. But it is very inadequate for
the
| | private pilot who just go the rating and forgot
about
| | recurrent daily training.
| |
| | Sadly, in my experience as a CFII, any pilot who gets
his
| IR ticket
| | and then does not activly use it for the first couple
of
| years will
| | never feel comfortable in the clouds and will not use
the
| rating. This
| | is why I honestly believe that the IR should not be
done
| by everyone.
| | Too often I think the IR is used as an "upsale" by
CFII's
| for business
| | without looking at the actual value that pilots will
get
| from it. If
| | you just want to become a better VFR pilot there are
lots
| of less
| | expensive, more fun things to do (sea , multi ,
tailwheel,
| 737 type
| | rating , etc)
| |
| | -Robert, CFII
| |
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