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Gig 601XL Builder writes:
Sure they can if they are two different skill sets. If they are sufficiently different. I'm not convinced that they are. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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![]() "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Gig 601XL Builder writes: Sure they can if they are two different skill sets. If they are sufficiently different. I'm not convinced that they are. Well let's look at qualifications to see, between the two of us is best qualified to make that judgment. I own and have used MSFS 2004. You own and have used MSFS 2004. I hold a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration that says I'm qualified to operate both Aircraft Single Engine-Land and Rotorcraft-Helicopter. You own and have used MSFS 2004. |
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in
: "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Gig 601XL Builder writes: Sure they can if they are two different skill sets. If they are sufficiently different. I'm not convinced that they are. Well let's look at qualifications to see, between the two of us is best qualified to make that judgment. I own and have used MSFS 2004. You own and have used MSFS 2004. I hold a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration that says I'm qualified to operate both Aircraft Single Engine-Land and Rotorcraft-Helicopter. You own and have used MSFS 2004. It should be pointed out that in order to behold that certificate, you had to have a certain number of hours of training with a certified instructor, and then had to demonstrate your ability to perform certain manuevers within certain standard levels of tolerance. Manic had to shell out $30 on EBay. |
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Judah writes:
It should be pointed out that in order to behold that certificate, you had to have a certain number of hours of training with a certified instructor, and then had to demonstrate your ability to perform certain manuevers within certain standard levels of tolerance. But you don't have to be able to fly a plane safely, as so many accidents prove. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
... Judah writes: It should be pointed out that in order to behold that certificate, you had to have a certain number of hours of training with a certified instructor, and then had to demonstrate your ability to perform certain manuevers within certain standard levels of tolerance. But you don't have to be able to fly a plane safely, as so many accidents prove. Name a test of a skill, that involves potential great danger, that is infallible. Idiot. m |
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Mxsmanic wrote in
: But you don't have to be able to fly a plane safely, as so many accidents prove. You have to be able to demonstrate that you can fly a plane safely before getting your certificate. That is the stated detailed mission of the Practical Test Standards. The accidents only prove that human beings don't always do what they can. Perhaps they encounter situations that are beyond their control and/or capability, perhaps they make mistakes, or perhaps they are arrogant cowboys and decide they can do what they want. The same could be said about automobile accidents. The holder of a driver's license has demonstrated that the s/he can drive safely and is aware of the basic rules. And yet, the idea that those rules can be broken is so institutionalized, the government has produced a "point" system that allows drivers to be CAUGHT as many as 12 times before their privileges are taken away. The system is so institutionalized that some believe certain speed zones have been installed not for safety, but for revenue production. The same cannot be said of airspace safety. |
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Judah writes:
The accidents only prove that human beings don't always do what they can. Perhaps they encounter situations that are beyond their control and/or capability, perhaps they make mistakes, or perhaps they are arrogant cowboys and decide they can do what they want. It is also both possible and probable that the tests given to prospective pilots are insufficiently accurate in predicting the ability of a pilot to handle real-world situations. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Mxsmanic wrote in
: It is also both possible and probable that the tests given to prospective pilots are insufficiently accurate in predicting the ability of a pilot to handle real-world situations. What, exactly, is the probability of that? And what is your source of information to have defined that probability? |
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