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Old 3rd October 2013 | 00:51
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john_tullamarine
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It is well understood by the engineering pilots around that there is a great problem with pilot education when it comes to what the certification animal does as contrasted with the line flight standards animal.

Fact of life and it is going to be a long while, if ever, before the typical pilot's knowledge base is lifted to the point where he/she has a basic idea of certification stuff.

.. which is why this Forum is so important. We have a bunch of very well credentialled

(a) line, training, check pilots

(b) TPs and FTEs

(c) certification, design, test engineers, aerodynamicists etc

(d) many anciliary specialists in airports and a host of other disciplines

The problem is that, sometimes, it can be difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when posters are anonymous but that's a small problem overall as the more experienced folks offer comments (not always as subtle as might be desirable) which provide clues ...
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