Nice job guys!!
Hey Guys!
After poking around on this forum for as long as I have (...and, yes, I’m fully aware that others here were here long before me…) and having been in this business for as long as I have been (…and there may be some here who’ve been around somewhat longer, but if so, those folks and I probably have met one another at some bar down the street at one time or another when we mused about how to go about creating a new substance … which we called "dirt"!) … but in that time, particularly recently, I’ve begun to notice a slide downward toward finding and sharing gouges and answer sheets … even suggested trim and power settings for various approaches in simulators … all designed to “assist” a fellow would-be aviator along toward removing the “would-be” moniker.
The posts on this thread so far have been a warming of my often-cold heart! While I certainly understand the motivation to offer assistance and recommendations to those who come behind all us old F**ts, the far better way is to provide the kind of suggestions posted here. The business of instructors is to assist those who are seeking answers – and I applaud each instructor for the work they do – and providing quick solutions, or gouges, or cheat sheets is certainly NOT the way to improve this industry. Of course, I would say to those who are legitimately seeking information to make them a better pilot … whole-heartedly ... please, please, a long conversation with an instructor you know and trust is the very best thing you can do ... and do it often ... and THEN … take what that instructor says and compare it to what you’ve heard, what you’ve experienced, and if you’re still not sure, ask a fellow pilot who seems to have his “stuff” together. Hard work, careful attention, and practice (never enough practice) are truly the ONLY way to achieving the goals we all persue – and when we think we’ve arrived … THAT is the time to increase our situational awareness – airplanes have many ways to fool all of us – and when airplanes get into collusion with Mother Nature … they can throw all kinds of things our way in an attempt to make our day a bit more challenging.
Again guys ... good advice ... keep it up!!