Turning 1000

"Michael" wrote:

You know, I remember 1000 hours, and I remember the way things changed
from 500 to 1000. In a lot of ways, there's a lot less change from
1000 to 2000 than there is from 500 to 1000.

That's the way it feels -- like the big humps are behind me.


Complacency is more difficult than ever to resist.

Students don't let you get complacent - they keep finding new and
exciting ways to try and kill you, or at least wreck the airplane. As
much IFR as you fly - have you considered getting your instrument
instructor ticket?

Yeah, thought about it; I certainly have the perfect airplane to get the
ticket. I fear that I'm too much of a control freak to sit on my hands while
students try to kill me. Ask Tina what I did when she was landing my
airplane at P'ville two years ago.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Yeah, thought about it; I certainly have the perfect airplane to get the
ticket.

No you don't. NOBODY has the perfect airplane for getting an initial
CFI. The perfect airplane for that ALWAYS belongs to someone else,
because the FAA will try to ground it.

Ask Tina what I did when she was landing my
airplane at P'ville two years ago.

That was two years ago. I seem to recall you were pretty relaxed when
I landed it.

Anyway, I'm not suggesting you do primary instruction. When you teach
landings, it's a much more visceral thing - they're trying to kill you
right now. Flying instruments, it takes longer for stuff to happen,
and there's more time to recover - it's more of a mental thing.

Michael

"Michael" wrote:
Yeah, thought about it; I certainly have the perfect airplane to get the
ticket.

No you don't. NOBODY has the perfect airplane for getting an initial
CFI. The perfect airplane for that ALWAYS belongs to someone else,
because the FAA will try to ground it.

I know what you mean. A friend of mine had his Mooney checkride airplane
grounded by the Birmingham FSDO because the tail # was painted in an
"insufficiently contrasting color" - it was the factory paint job.

Ask Tina what I did when she was landing my
airplane at P'ville two years ago.

That was two years ago. I seem to recall you were pretty relaxed when
I landed it.

Anyway, I'm not suggesting you do primary instruction. When you teach
landings, it's a much more visceral thing - they're trying to kill you
right now. Flying instruments, it takes longer for stuff to happen,
and there's more time to recover - it's more of a mental thing.

Yeah, I'm still considering it. After the airplane gets done with the
fixups I have planned, I just might do it.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM