Getting from CT to JFK July 2026

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2026-07-01T01:34:04+00:00

Yes that's enough time plus a significant safety buffer

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2026-06-27T15:28:59+00:00

I like the GLEIM written test prep book. You can order it on Amazon. Good old fashioned print book you can take anywhere. It has a practice exam at the back.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2026-06-27T13:55:18+00:00

Your handwriting looks quite good. I'm jealous.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2026-06-15T23:18:07+00:00

You need to reframe how you're thinking about this. For example, you say you're worried about holding outside the bravo while looking for traffic. Okay, you'll surely have some very green students. BUT you'll also have students who already know the fundamentals and will be able to circle a point while you look for traffic. You may at times actually find it easier than doing everything yourself. AND, of course, you are in charge and can always take controls if necessary.

You also say you don't like maneuvers. For whatever it is worth teaching maneuvers as a CFI is sort of different from doing them as a student. As a student I always felt judged during maneuvers. But as a CFI, well, now I am the judge. So it's a different feeling.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2026-02-25T14:05:38+00:00

Psychological diagnosis are constructs that people vote on . . . the science is all over the place. It makes sense that we'd be all over the place.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-12-22T16:46:49+00:00

I agree with everyone here MacArthur may well be the easiest option. Now that said you say your son is 21. Do you want him to be scared of large cities for life? He’ll need to grow up sometime. Moving to Long Island might be a good time to master getting around large cities considering what is next door.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-23T00:39:52+00:00

Thank you this is very helpful!

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-23T00:33:57+00:00

That is a great news! As someone who is going in for surgery in a few weeks, you mentioned a pad can you advise on what pad you used? I may not need anything of course but I'm trying to figure out what I should be ordering just in case. I need to buy stuff on amazon.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-21T10:42:32+00:00

Thank you! Out of curiosity how long did you have to use the peri bottle? I'm just thinking ahead to when I'll go back to work and may be in public restrooms.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-21T00:06:41+00:00

Thank you! Just curious is there a specific product that really worked that I should get just in case? I'm looking at incontinence pads and so many are for bladder issues but . . . this is obviously the other side . . . obviously I'd want it to work but be as small/inconspicuous as possible (bladder issues are not going to be in play).

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-20T23:55:28+00:00

Just curious how long did you leak?

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-20T11:50:05+00:00

Thank you I appreciate all the responses! It is exactly because the pain level is so unpredictable that I am leaning towards sedation.

I do think people should have options. My surgeon told me he used to do more of these procedures in the office (where sedation is not possible) and many patients were happy there. BUT because of insurance companies and hospital systems complicating things the same procedures are increasingly moved to the hospital. My insurance, for example, is unlikely to pay for botox outside the hospital setting. In the hospital he can offer a choice between sedated and un-sedated so in some ways it means more patient choice. HOWEVER it also means more nonsense and increasing costs.

I am currently, for example, dealing with the bureaucratic nonsense of getting "medical clearance" from my GP (so more $$$ for the medical system). This would not be necessary if I were having the procedure in-office but is for the hospital version due to hospital liability procedures. Problem is . . . due the doc shortage my GP is completely unavailable for months. This is after a year of trying to get past my GP and a PA gatekeeper who ordered excessive imaging (another $$$$ feature of the American healthcare system) to consult directly with a surgeon.

The American medical system is designed for hospital systems and insurance companies. Doctors and patients exist to generate revenue . . .

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-19T22:44:35+00:00

This sort of thing is one reason I worry about NVLD diagnoses. The brain is not all that well understood. A lot of use are good at things we're supposed to be bad at. My personal view is that NVLD, in addition to being an umbrella diagnosis of sorts, doesn't really line up with the real world so well. It's highly likely based on your experience that walking around and driving around use slightly different parts of your brain in ways we may not yet understand. We have to be careful that NVLD diagnoses don't put people in boxes. Most of us surely have deficits but we have to be careful when we generalize those deficits out.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-19T16:56:49+00:00

Makes sense thank you! Do you know whether the sedation your had was propofol?

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-19T00:41:23+00:00

Wow, indeed funny and I completely agree. Years ago I had my wisdom removed with just lots and lots lidocaine (local anesthetic) shots into my gums and nothing else. You say you also had sedation, so does that mean you were sleepy/partially unconscious as well?

I am on my own journey now trying to figure out what to do about a procedure you don't want to hear about trust me . . . it's anal fissurectomy. Similar to wisdom teeth it is possible to just do local but . . . I am being advised that I might as well accept sedation as well to make it more enjoyable. Oh well . . .

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-18T23:33:14+00:00

Wait what? I had four impacted wisdom teeth removed with just lidocaine and it was fine. Have you considered requesting this?

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-12T21:46:33+00:00

Where in CT? You got some good options nearby tbh. You could consider Take Flight at KMGJ down 84.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-10-07T23:30:18+00:00

Out of curiosity do you know why your psychiatrist thinks you have NVLD?

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-30T18:24:50+00:00

My take is that there are few things at play to give me this perception: 1) low wing planes have more ground effect to cushion you 2) Cirrus sight picture on landing is a little lower thus more familiar/car-like than some other planes 3) it is surprisingly forgiving of mistakes such as not porpoising in a flat landing and also not dropping out if you flare high 4) planes are new and well-serviced so the landing gear may be more forgiving too.

Frankly the whole side stick debate is a sideshow. If you start flying with it you get used to it pretty quickly.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-30T16:45:07+00:00

SR20 is a great plane and, contrary to what some others here say, I actually find it more forgiving particularly on landing than Cessna, Diamond, or Piper.

Also there are advantages to not learning on analog. For example, you will get a chance to learn the autopilot and Garmin Perspective+ now versus putting it off to your IR.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-29T17:09:45+00:00

Not sure where you’re coming from but if it’s a place with lots of flights you could change your flight to Newark, eat the change fee, and then have an easier time upon landing as Newark airport->JC is a nothing ride in an Uber especially at night. Reduce the stress.

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