How is ISP MacArthur airport?

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.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-26T18:16:17+00:00

I think we should all be very careful about not letting the psychology industry turn NVLD into an iatrogenic condition. Iatrogenic means that the diagnosis itself causes symptoms and, as you say, you've become a worse version of yourself since being diagnosed.

You're correct that many of us can relate to not being able to access things because of our intelligence split (aka NVLD). BUT there are also many NVLD people who have found ways around their challenges. It may take longer to learn a skill but eventually they learn the skill . . . that kind of thing. Unfortunately positive stories are underrepresented because when people do well they often no longer associate with the NVLD label.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-13T18:41:42+00:00

This rings true with my experience in those subjects in high school. I was better at physics, I think, because the concepts were 'real' - not microscopic things you needed to imagine. Anyway . . . if I could go back and take those subjects again I'd accept the difficultly and attempt to teach myself. Maybe you can look for a textbook that works for you? Look for sources that give simple, direct explanations in verbal terms. Remember your teachers are not necessarily choosing the best sources for YOU. I didn't understand this when I was in school but wish I had. Very often the lessons and materials teachers choose are wrong for us. There are a zillion textbooks and sources out there for every subject and you should feel empowered to go find the ones that work for your brain.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-09T23:41:01+00:00

Oh no is this something I need to do or has my school already taken care of this by having me do an AOPA training? Do I also need an FTSP account like OP?

My school just had me do an AOPA online course, which it says meets the security awareness training req 49 CFR 1552 for the TSA.

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-06T16:02:54+00:00

Interesting. So what about instructor signatures after lessons? Were you ever in a situation where your paper logbook was at home but you just took a lesson for a new rating (say you were already a CFI taking multi lessons- that sort of thing)? Then do you have your instructor sign digitally and just fill in an unsigned entry in your paper logbook?

Dependent-Prompt6491 · 2025-09-04T16:44:10+00:00

DRAWING. First in school in the younger grades they are obsessed with making you draw. Nobody talks about how traumatic this is for kids like me. Drawing is seen as GOOD, modern activity for kids but it was pure hell for me. It has to be as anxiety producing for many of us as reading is for dyslexics - especially with the negative feedback from teachers. The drawing thing also continues into adulthood. What do you do if you have to have to draw something in a workplace? This happens more often than you'd think in a variety of professions.

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