Unusual Distractions

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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El Maximo writes:

Since you have stated you have no interest in sex, and no interest in
real
flying, on what do you base this statement?

Simulator flight. And I'm not completely uninterested in real flight, it
just
isn't a viable option at this time.

Have you ever tried flight with a beautiful girl sitting next to you? If
not, how can you be sure it wouldn't be a distraction?

For what it's worth, I've been known to distract my husband. Why, once
or twice he actually engaged the autopilot. (The safety minded among
you will be happy to know it was in IMC, there was no opportunity to
be looking for other traffic.)



On Jul 11, 7:12 am, "El Maximo" wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message

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El Maximo writes:

Since you have stated you have no interest in sex, and no interest in
real
flying, on what do you base this statement?

Simulator flight. And I'm not completely uninterested in real flight, it
just
isn't a viable option at this time.

Have you ever tried flight with a beautiful girl sitting next to you? If
not, how can you be sure it wouldn't be a distraction?

Tina writes:

For what it's worth, I've been known to distract my husband. Why, once
or twice he actually engaged the autopilot. (The safety minded among
you will be happy to know it was in IMC, there was no opportunity to
be looking for other traffic.)

Traffic doesn't go away just because you cannot see it. IMC is a bad time to
be distracted.

In this case IMC equals flying in the clouds, Mx. There is nothing to
see outside.

I noted in one of your posts while flying the simulator you had a
beautiful woman by your side, and she was not a distraction. What
power of concentration you must have. I would feel slighted if my
husband kept his interest on a computer game if I was trying to
distract him. Maybe it's that he is being very kind, but he allows
himself to be distracted easily in those circumstances. You might find
from a relationship standpoint you'd do better if you allowed such
distractions from time to time.


The last part of that paragraph can be considered professional
advice.

Tina the shrink









On Jul 11, 10:15 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tina writes:
For what it's worth, I've been known to distract my husband. Why, once
or twice he actually engaged the autopilot. (The safety minded among
you will be happy to know it was in IMC, there was no opportunity to
be looking for other traffic.)

Traffic doesn't go away just because you cannot see it. IMC is a bad time to
be distracted.

Tina writes:

In this case IMC equals flying in the clouds, Mx. There is nothing to
see outside.

But the clouds may hide other aircraft. You need to be on the radio to
maintain separation with ATC, not dealing with cockpit distractions.

I noted in one of your posts while flying the simulator you had a
beautiful woman by your side, and she was not a distraction.

Yes.

What power of concentration you must have.

Not at all. I'm simply not a buck deer in rut, and my behavior is controlled
by my brain, not my hormones.

I would feel slighted if my husband kept his interest on a computer
game if I was trying to distract him.

I am not your husband.

Maybe it's that he is being very kind, but he allows
himself to be distracted easily in those circumstances.

The answer to that might displease you. Men know how to fake things, too.

You might find
from a relationship standpoint you'd do better if you allowed such
distractions from time to time.

I'm not interested in a relationship, I'm interested in aviation.

Ha!

Someone offered the observation 'clueless'.

There are more technical terms (see the DSM) but that fits nicely.



On Jul 11, 10:36 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tina writes:
In this case IMC equals flying in the clouds, Mx. There is nothing to
see outside.

But the clouds may hide other aircraft. You need to be on the radio to
maintain separation with ATC, not dealing with cockpit distractions.

I noted in one of your posts while flying the simulator you had a
beautiful woman by your side, and she was not a distraction.

Yes.

What power of concentration you must have.

Not at all. I'm simply not a buck deer in rut, and my behavior is controlled
by my brain, not my hormones.

I would feel slighted if my husband kept his interest on a computer
game if I was trying to distract him.

I am not your husband.

Maybe it's that he is being very kind, but he allows
himself to be distracted easily in those circumstances.

The answer to that might displease you. Men know how to fake things, too.

You might find
from a relationship standpoint you'd do better if you allowed such
distractions from time to time.

I'm not interested in a relationship, I'm interested in aviation.

On Jul 11, 10:38 am, Tina wrote:
Ha!

Someone offered the observation 'clueless'.

There are more technical terms (see the DSM) but that fits nicely.

On Jul 11, 10:36 am, Mxsmanic wrote:



Tina writes:
In this case IMC equals flying in the clouds, Mx. There is nothing to
see outside.

But the clouds may hide other aircraft. You need to be on the radio to
maintain separation with ATC, not dealing with cockpit distractions.

I noted in one of your posts while flying the simulator you had a
beautiful woman by your side, and she was not a distraction.

Yes.

What power of concentration you must have.

Not at all. I'm simply not a buck deer in rut, and my behavior is controlled
by my brain, not my hormones.

I would feel slighted if my husband kept his interest on a computer
game if I was trying to distract him.

I am not your husband.

Maybe it's that he is being very kind, but he allows
himself to be distracted easily in those circumstances.

The answer to that might displease you. Men know how to fake things, too.

You might find
from a relationship standpoint you'd do better if you allowed such
distractions from time to time.

I'm not interested in a relationship, I'm interested in aviation.-

He can have the best of both worlds. Use the FMC to guide the plane
under VFR (so he's not distracted by that pesky simulated ATC voice),
on a long flight between say....LGA and LAX. Then he has a nice four
hours or so to be "distracted."

Of course, the "beautiful woman" that is his distraction is probably a
Playboy magazine anyway g

BTW: MY significant other gets royally PO'd if I am not significantly
distracted enough when I am WORKING at home, let alone playing a
stupid flight simulator.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Tina writes:

In this case IMC equals flying in the clouds, Mx. There is nothing to
see outside.

But the clouds may hide other aircraft. You need to be on the radio to
maintain separation with ATC, not dealing with cockpit distractions.

If you're IMC, you won't be maintaining separation with
anything, because there isn't anything for you to see. ATC will be
responsible for the separation.

I noted in one of your posts while flying the simulator you had a
beautiful woman by your side, and she was not a distraction.

Yes.

What power of concentration you must have.

Not at all. I'm simply not a buck deer in rut, and my behavior is controlled
by my brain, not my hormones.

If everyone here had a nickel for everytime they've heard that
(especially from their friends or children)... They'd have a dime.

I would feel slighted if my husband kept his interest on a computer
game if I was trying to distract him.

I am not your husband.

Thank the gods. But she has a point. If you're going to be that
attuned to a game over your significant other, you have some serious
social problems. Not that we didn't know this already to begin with...

Maybe it's that he is being very kind, but he allows
himself to be distracted easily in those circumstances.

The answer to that might displease you. Men know how to fake things, too.

You don't know about their lives together to be able to come to
the assumption that he is doing so. Don't let your ineptness become the
justified norm for someone else.

You might find
from a relationship standpoint you'd do better if you allowed such
distractions from time to time.

I'm not interested in a relationship, I'm interested in aviation.

I honestly don't think you could handle a relationship. Yes,
you are interested in aviation, but once again, with the attitude you
have and the misguided assumptions you have about things in aviation,
You either a) have a long way to go and a lot to unlearn before you can
even learn anything in aviation, or b) you couldn't handle aviation.

BL.
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A Guy Called Tyketto writes:

If you're IMC, you won't be maintaining separation with
anything, because there isn't anything for you to see. ATC will be
responsible for the separation.

That's why I said "you need to be on the radio to maintain separation with
ATC."

Thank the gods. But she has a point. If you're going to be that
attuned to a game over your significant other, you have some serious
social problems.

I don't have a significant other, so the issue does not arise.

You don't know about their lives together to be able to come to
the assumption that he is doing so.

I haven't assumed that he is doing so; but neither do I take for granted that
he is not.

I honestly don't think you could handle a relationship.

I don't know. But since I'm not interested in one, it doesn't matter. I
doubt that I could handle skiing or scuba diving, either, but I'm not
interested in those, so it doesn't matter.

Yes, you are interested in aviation, but once again, with the attitude you
have and the misguided assumptions you have about things in aviation,
You either a) have a long way to go and a lot to unlearn before you can
even learn anything in aviation, or b) you couldn't handle aviation.

With a girl in a bikini in the right seat, you'd be far better off with me in
the left seat than with some of the macho men here. It amazes me that
so-called pilots are so quick to compromise safety.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Tina writes:

For what it's worth, I've been known to distract my husband. Why, once
or twice he actually engaged the autopilot. (The safety minded among
you will be happy to know it was in IMC, there was no opportunity to
be looking for other traffic.)

Traffic doesn't go away just because you cannot see it. IMC is a bad time to
be distracted.

Clueless idiot.

--
Jim Pennino

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