If you are utterly and hopelessly lost, fly into wind. 9 times out of 10 it will be the way home!:cool:

Quite obviously you are sitting too close to the screen, as you missed the one above and almost certainly weren't listening on your mustering check rides 25 years ago, or whenever it was, "back in the ol'days".

I do hope that you pass it on to your students, it's one of the few things that will get them to be old.

Not a rule of thumb - but things I was told
 

If some idiot asks you a really, really, really stupid question, remember two things - he might not actually be an idiot, and his question just might not actually be stupid. Never be too timid or arrogant to ask what the hell they mean.

And another

Don't forget the 7 P's of planning and the 5 C's for being lost!
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance, and Circle Climb Communicate Confess Comply!

Oh, and don't swim in lumpy water.

The 3 things that are useless to a pilot:

1. The sky above him
2. The runway behind him
3. The fuel in the bowser

From a San Diego Police Pilot flying a 206B over the city at night many years ago..........

"If it quits, turn on the Nightsun to see where you're going to land. If you don't like what you see, just turn it off, cos your goin' there anyway!"

From an old friend in the LASD Aero Bureau on gaining my IR........

"Congratulations on becoming a REAL pilot. Of course, now that you're a REAL pilot, you can get into REAL trouble, REAL fast!"

Thought from a colleague at the end of the third day in a procedure trainer at the start of his IR course........

"Wouldn't things be lovely if there was no wind!"

Posted over the counter in a boot shop in Tucson, Arizona........

"Due to the shortage of robots, some humans work here and will react unpredictably when provoked!"

"God, I love this place. Please be patient, I only work here because I’m too old for a paper round, too young for social security and too tired to have an affair!"

"When I woke up this morning I had only one nerve left, now you’re getting on it!"

"This life is a test. It is ONLY a test. If it had been a real life, you would have received further instructions as to where to go and what to do!"

"I was put on this earth to carry out a certain number of tasks. Right now I’m so far behind I’m never going to die!"

"If you’re grouchy, irritable or just plain mean, there’s a $10 charge for just dealing with you!"

Yeah, I know, another slow day! What can I say.............?

If an oil field hand is dragging his kit bag......odds are it is not the forty pounds shown on the manifest.

In the oil patch.....on shift change day, offshore weather ALWAY seems worse than reported.

An old W. Africa pilot once told me...

The three most over-rated things in the world are:
1. Home cookin'
2. Home f**kin'
3. Weather radar

Just remember one thing:

IT´S NEVER TO LATE TO GIVE UP :ok:

a rule of thumb

A marlboro packet being 60 n.mls one way and 30 the other, has probably lost its appeal in the age of the GPS, and non smokers.

One is never too old to learn and I picked up a real gem the other day.
Never, but never refer to your wifes' counsellor as 'the shrink'.

I have two
 

1. Life is a cruel teacher. It gives the exam first and the lesson after.

2. Good Judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

Learn from the mistakes of others - you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.

There are no stupid questions.

And one more useless item - knowledge left in the instructor's head!

"A superior pilot is one who stays out of trouble by using his superior judgement to avoid situations which might require the use of his superior skill. "

Directorate of Flight Safety – Royal Air Force



“ It takes approximately one hour to learn the fundamentals of flying. It takes a lifetime to learn when not to fly.”

FAA Safety Advisor Program


The Golden Rule is that there are no Golden Rules

The most stupid question is the one that was never asked.

An old one -

some more for the road:

"The only reason some people get lost in thought
is because it's unfamiliar territory."


"Try to make something idiot proof and nature will build a better idiot."

"Argue with an idiot and he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience"

Growing old is mandatory - Growing up is optional!

"I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my Grandpa. Not screaming in terror, like his passengers"

"If it ain't broke, I havn't flown it yet!"

The old maxim of "keeping one's mouth firmly shut and risking someone thinking you might be a fool, rather than opening it and removing all doubt" usually holds true.


"When life throws you a curve, lean into it."

"There is no second chance for a first impression!"

"NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench."





Keep 'em coming!

3top :cool:

Old EOD saying, but applies to just about everything

“It’s safe, until you forget it’s dangerous”


And from back in the SAR days

“When ego exceeds ability things will end in tears”

From the Lips of the Master
 

Dick Hill:

"SPEEDIS YOUR SALVATION CLOSE TO THE GROUND"

and the classic:

"THE DEFINITION OF A GOOD INSTRUCTOR IS ONE WHO TEACHES HIS STUDENT EVERYTHING HE KNOWS, NOT JUST WHAT HE WANTS HIM TO KNOW!"

With thanks....

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid. (shamelessly ripped off from Tradition )

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Not when you are vertically nose down.... :eek:

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One is never too old to learn and I picked up a real gem the other day.
Never, but never refer to your wifes' counselor as 'the shrink'.

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Shrink is OK vernacular for psychiatrist, talking in the pub. Not quite the same as calling doctors quacks. Now if the kids are driving the wife mad . . . ..


Ham fisted pupil wondered why his instructor kept saying "Gently Bentley". Same instructor was wont to intone "Smoothness is next to godliness."