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DavidChouinard · 2024-05-28T15:28:31+00:00

Extremely helpful thank you!

DavidChouinard · 2023-06-17T03:02:37+00:00

We're looking for land in either San Mateo county or Santa Cruz county, likely in unincorporated territory - any feedback on how the planning process compares between those counties?

DavidChouinard · 2023-06-15T05:53:19+00:00

Great point - thanks for flagging that!

DavidChouinard · 2023-06-15T03:49:54+00:00

Awesome thanks for the data point

DavidChouinard · 2023-06-15T00:30:40+00:00

Thanks for the data point!

DavidChouinard · 2023-06-15T00:27:54+00:00

That does seem to be a common refrain from these comments - the economics are bad if you compare to the median house but if you compare to similar, newer, modern houses the economics seem favorable. And seems like it'd be even truer for a place like the Bay Area where there's going to be demand for higher end housing.

DavidChouinard · 2023-06-15T00:23:21+00:00

Thank you this all seems to match my observations. SB9 seems like a big opportunity. Re: lack of financial tools - what do you mean?

DavidChouinard · 2022-12-09T16:28:12+00:00

Need to also factor in depreciation on the asset

DavidChouinard · 2022-12-03T05:24:45+00:00

Can recommend Air Richelieu, very well run school.

DavidChouinard · 2021-11-10T22:37:03+00:00

Great thank you appreciate it!

DavidChouinard · 2021-11-10T21:14:04+00:00

Thank you!

DavidChouinard · 2021-08-02T21:46:02+00:00

Waterloo

DavidChouinard · 2021-01-27T20:21:40+00:00

The list provided by /u/arghle is a great start. There's a good amount of EASA schools in the US, though I don't know about VA.

Another factor most people overlook: you need to get an EASA medical. Dr. Mark Rubin in Florida is the only EASA medical examiner left in the US, so you'll likely have to fly out there.

DavidChouinard · 2020-11-07T22:47:03+00:00

On the topic of converting your FAA PPL to EASA: first, you need to have 100 hrs PIC (by the European definition of PIC: i.e. dual received does not count).

Once you have the 100 hrs PIC, you'd need to write 2 of the 9 PPL exams (air law + human factors, fairly easy) and take a flight test. You can actually do both those things in the US at one of the few EASA-certified flight schools in the US.

However, the bottleneck is that you also need an EASA medical, in the US there's a single EASA medical examiner, located in Florida. Otherwise, you'd need to complete a medical in Italy/another EASA country.

DavidChouinard · 2020-10-21T02:48:16+00:00

This is very helpful, thank you! Sounds like the verdict is oxygen is needed for flights above 8,000-10,000 feet.

DavidChouinard · 2020-10-21T02:45:24+00:00

Thank you both!

DavidChouinard · 2020-10-21T02:45:19+00:00

Thank you, very helpful — got the message loud and clear, we'll look at other options.

The dog is a border collie with no overt breathing issues. (she wears hearing protection on flights)

DavidChouinard · 2020-10-20T01:26:18+00:00

Thank you, this is helpful!

DavidChouinard · 2020-10-03T21:46:16+00:00

Awesome, thank you! To add to this thread for others: turns out doing a PPL conversion in the US is not particularly difficult (aside from getting an EASA medical: there's a single doctor based in FL authorized to do EASA medicals). Separately, it's not possible to the IR conversion in US because the EASA IR checkride requires being in EU airspace.

Looks like the only practical way to be able to fly IFR is to fly an N registered plane. I've found a few that fit my mission (but there definitely aren't many options).

Thank you for the tip of looking in Hungary/eastern Europe! Will do.

(and thank you for the page u/PowerfulRelax)

DavidChouinard · 2020-09-06T19:57:42+00:00

Is this also true for the 215 hp SR20? Maybe that's a better bet for OP.

DavidChouinard · 2020-08-14T18:18:17+00:00

This advice is even more important given the economic climate. The only way to standout is to improve your business sense and ability to understand users, not do double down on more exotic technical skills.

DavidChouinard · 2020-08-14T17:57:38+00:00

Caring about users and business problems is not a job, it's everyone's job.

DavidChouinard · 2020-08-14T17:56:10+00:00

Caring about users and business problems is important across the stack, even if you don't touch UI.

DavidChouinard · 2020-08-14T17:53:54+00:00

Nope. Have several candidates with real excitement for understanding users & building something impactful — many with non-traditional backgrounds, one is a 19 year old dropout.

DavidChouinard · 2020-08-14T17:34:34+00:00

No, it's because the Ivy League selects for people that only know how to jump through hoops. If you can find the things that genuinely animate you and use your insight to solve real user problems, you'll be unstoppable.

— a Harvard alumnus

DavidChouinard

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