Radio Procedure - Runway ID

All I ask is that instructors provide documentation for their little quirks.
If the student can't find something to back up the instructor's assertions,
s/he should ask for it.

I guess I am too far from the know-nothing student of 1960 to remember how I
accepted everything unquestionably, only to learn as the years rolled by
that I had been misled.

Bob

"Jose" wrote in message
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"My instructor told me to..." is not justification for anything.

Well, in all fairness, what =should= we trust instructors for?

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
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"My instructor told me to..." is not justification for anything.

Well, in all fairness, what =should= we trust instructors for?

If an instructor is acting as PIC, the instructor should ordinarily be
trusted to control the aircraft (or to direct you as to how to control it),
especially while you are a primary student. An instructor should also be
trusted to make suggestions that are plausible enough to be worth the effort
it takes you to research and verify them. But a pilot should never
permanently delegate verification to the instructor--that's always the PIC's
own responsibility. Factoids that propagate by word of mouth through
successive generations of students, with no one fact-checking along the way,
are not reliable.

--Gary

Jose wrote:
Well, in all fairness, what =should= we trust instructors for?

Signatures.

Interesting. Both Mary and I were trained to ALWAYS use the leading
zero. Runway 7 is ALWAYS called runway 07.

Ah...but this is just another example of an instructor pushing his/her own
ideas as gospel. "My instructor told me to..." is not justification for
anything. Heard it too many times on checkrides.

I suppose you're right -- but this was done by two different CFIIs, in
two different states, separated by 7 years. And my guy was an old
grey-beard, while Mary's was a young buck.

Dang, what're the odds of *both* of us being taught incorrectly?
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Interesting. Both Mary and I were trained to ALWAYS use the leading
zero. Runway 7 is ALWAYS called runway 07.

Ah...but this is just another example of an instructor pushing his/her
own
ideas as gospel. "My instructor told me to..." is not justification for
anything. Heard it too many times on checkrides.

I suppose you're right -- but this was done by two different CFIIs, in
two different states, separated by 7 years. And my guy was an old
grey-beard, while Mary's was a young buck.

Dang, what're the odds of *both* of us being taught incorrectly?

Pretty high. (See my post about the AIM.)

--Gary

Jay Honeck wrote:
Interesting. Both Mary and I were trained to ALWAYS use the leading
zero. Runway 7 is ALWAYS called runway 07.


Ah...but this is just another example of an instructor pushing his/her own
ideas as gospel. "My instructor told me to..." is not justification for
anything. Heard it too many times on checkrides.


I suppose you're right -- but this was done by two different CFIIs, in
two different states, separated by 7 years. And my guy was an old
grey-beard, while Mary's was a young buck.

Dang, what're the odds of *both* of us being taught incorrectly?

I'd say 100%. :-)


I've had at least 6 different instructors and none have ever suggested a
leading zero on a runway designation. I do believe that leading zeroes
are expected, however, on headings. Don't ask me why the difference...


Matt

Jay Honeck wrote:

Dang, what're the odds of *both* of us being taught incorrectly?

Pretty good. I was also taught the same thing.

George Patterson
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It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Interesting. Both Mary and I were trained to ALWAYS use the leading
zero. Runway 7 is ALWAYS called runway 07.

Ah...but this is just another example of an instructor pushing his/her
own
ideas as gospel. "My instructor told me to..." is not justification for
anything. Heard it too many times on checkrides.

I suppose you're right -- but this was done by two different CFIIs, in
two different states, separated by 7 years. And my guy was an old
grey-beard, while Mary's was a young buck.

Dang, what're the odds of *both* of us being taught incorrectly?


Listen to the pros, on the air, or get a scanner to pull in Des Moines, and
see how they do it. :~)

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Ah...but this is just another example of an instructor pushing his/her own
ideas as gospel. "My instructor told me to..." is not justification for
anything. Heard it too many times on checkrides.

Almost as bad is "...my mechanic says..."

Jay Honeck wrote:

? Does it matter? Is there a protocol for this?

He's right, there is no leading zero, but most pilots probably feel it's not
worth correcting when they hear it.


Interesting. Both Mary and I were trained to ALWAYS use the leading
zero. Runway 7 is ALWAYS called runway 07.

But there is no leading zero. I just checked and Iowa City has a runway
7, but no 07. For reference:
http://www.aopa.org/members/airports...identifier=IOW


Matt