Originally Posted by john_tullamarine
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 ...
Well, said – and, of course, quite accurate. And, in that same vein, with perhaps more than a little naiveté on my part, it would be my hope that ALL the readers here would take everything posted here as a potential fact until researched or thought through - or determined to be a perspective from a preconceived and/or prejudicial position and not necessarily willing to have the facts or truth lead to the ultimately correct conclusion. As for me personally, I choose to remain anonymous. The only reason for this decision, as I’ve said previously, is that I don’t think my employer would be appreciative of my “sounding off” (as you know I do) in such a public forum. I have a reputation with my employer for doing the same thing on the job and I pay for it regularly … but what I say is almost always retained within the organization in which I toil, and at least I still have my job - and I hope to keep it. However, if I were the janitor at the local Trailways Station – I can suspect what my “believability” might be … and, conversely, if I were the Senior Advisor to the FAA Administrator or the NTSB Deputy Chairman, whatever I say might (just might) enjoy some undeserved acceptance with little or no scrutiny. So, I prefer to offer what I offer in the hopes that I’ve made my points clearly and honestly enough to not depend on such “positional authority” to have anyone who reads what I say understand the accuracy of my comments.