Unusual Distractions

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.

Doug Semler writes:

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) ...

There's no FMC in the Baron, and I normally don't fly VFR in the big iron.

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.

If you actually fly that way, perhaps your epitaph could say "He was
distracted."

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...

snip I normally don't fly snip.

Nuff said

On Jul 11, 2:06 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Doug Semler writes:
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) ...

There's no FMC in the Baron, and I normally don't fly VFR in the big iron.

What do I care? Read-and-parse. English 1. I said to use the FMC
(ok. in a plane that has one, *obviously*) to guide under VFR (hell,
guide it under IFR for all I care, unless you are worried about a
simulated FSDO appearing on your doorstep) for a long flight (.
Imagine the distractor is a stewardess and you want to join the
simulated mile high club (hmmmmm...interesting fantasy in there
somewhere...). (obvious ad hominem) However, in your case you don't
even need to use the FMC or have a long flight; you'd be finished with
any distraction before tower handed you off to departure after
takeoff.


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.

If you actually fly that way, perhaps your epitaph could say "He was
distracted."

I never said anything about distractions while flying. I was implying
that a [significant other/boyfriend/girlfriend/hell-it-could-be-a-goat-
for-all-I-know] is going to get ****ed off at you if you choose a
computer over the distraction; *regardless* of what you are doing on
the computer at the time of the distraction.

If you're new to the group, Mxs doesn't fly anything except a computer. He
has never flown, and in fact by his own admission is afraid to fly.- (FMC in
a Baron?- VFR in a heavy?)

He talks a big game, but is really clueless about flying. You should see his
stuff on breast feeding.

Doug Semler writes:

What do I care? Read-and-parse. English 1. I said to use the FMC
(ok. in a plane that has one, *obviously*) to guide under VFR (hell,
guide it under IFR for all I care, unless you are worried about a
simulated FSDO appearing on your doorstep) for a long flight (.
Imagine the distractor is a stewardess and you want to join the
simulated mile high club (hmmmmm...interesting fantasy in there
somewhere...). (obvious ad hominem) However, in your case you don't
even need to use the FMC or have a long flight; you'd be finished with
any distraction before tower handed you off to departure after
takeoff.

It is never acceptable to divert one's attention from the flying task. There
must always be a human being watching the aircraft, if the aircraft is
designed for human pilots.

I never said anything about distractions while flying. I was implying
that a [significant other/boyfriend/girlfriend/hell-it-could-be-a-goat-
for-all-I-know] is going to get ****ed off at you if you choose a
computer over the distraction; *regardless* of what you are doing on
the computer at the time of the distraction.

The computer will not become ****ed off. Therefore the choice is easy.

On Jul 11, 8:39 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Doug Semler writes:
What do I care? Read-and-parse. English 1. I said to use the FMC
(ok. in a plane that has one, *obviously*) to guide under VFR (hell,
guide it under IFR for all I care, unless you are worried about a
simulated FSDO appearing on your doorstep) for a long flight (.
Imagine the distractor is a stewardess and you want to join the
simulated mile high club (hmmmmm...interesting fantasy in there
somewhere...). (obvious ad hominem) However, in your case you don't
even need to use the FMC or have a long flight; you'd be finished with
any distraction before tower handed you off to departure after
takeoff.

It is never acceptable to divert one's attention from the flying task. There
must always be a human being watching the aircraft, if the aircraft is
designed for human pilots.

Ok. So hit the Pause button. Problem solved.


I never said anything about distractions while flying. I was implying
that a [significant other/boyfriend/girlfriend/hell-it-could-be-a-goat-
for-all-I-know] is going to get ****ed off at you if you choose a
computer over the distraction; *regardless* of what you are doing on
the computer at the time of the distraction.

The computer will not become ****ed off. Therefore the choice is easy.

Wow. I am speechless. You would rather have a human thing ****ed off
at you for failing to give him/her attention than give up your "flight
time". Amazing.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...

It is never acceptable to divert one's attention from the flying task.

This statement demonstrates a complete lack of real flying knowledge.