ARE RAMP CHECKS RAMPING UP?

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:07:35 -0600, Cal Vanize
wrote:



Mike Weller wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:42:05 -0600, Cal Vanize
wrote:


Dave Stadt wrote:

"Mike Weller" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:43:04 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
wrote:



Handle what things? Guess I am dense but what business is it of the FAA
if
I want to shut down and coast to the pumps? In fact I can remember doing
just that on a couple of occasions. Seems safer to me than rolling up
with
the meat cleaver spinning. Sorry, but the story doesn't make sense. I'd
say Mr. Whitmore stuck his nose where it didn't belong.


Put it into the context of when and where it happened.

They shut off the engine on the runway, the prop stopped, and then
they rolled at least a another quarter of a mile after making a 45
degree turn off the runway, rolled down the taxiway, and the made
another quick turn and stop to get to the gas pumps.

Impressive, but not exactly the thing to do in front of "THE MAN".

Mike Weller



Inquiring minds want to know why?

What did they do wrong? What actual reg did they break? Was there some
kind of safety violation?


Now that is good question.

For many reasons pilots, and flight instructors in particular, are
expected to be better than average.

You don't have to break a "reg" to show that maybe, just maybe, that
what you're doing is not the right thing to do.

It's a very fine line sometimes.

My opinion of the incident was that the pilots stepped over the line
and deserved to get being chewed out by Mr. Whitmore.

Mike Weller


I'm STILL trying to figure out what "line" was crossed and what the
chewing was all about.



And I'm just STILL trying to say that "there is no line".

My point is just that flying is a FUZZY thing.

Mike Weller

They would both make interesting intersection's names,

"STILL" and "FUZZY"