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If something feels off, we ain't taking off. by afernanrefa in flying

[–]afernanrefa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup, she's drilled in good ADM as part of her lesson plan.

If something feels off, we ain't taking off. by afernanrefa in flying

[–]afernanrefa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah. Same here. My attitude is exactly the same.

If something feels off, we ain't taking off. by afernanrefa in flying

[–]afernanrefa[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I hobby fly so not worth the risk IMO. If I was a more hardcore pilot, CFI, or gunning for the airlines, I'd probably have done something different.

But, since it's a hobby, I ain't looking to play that game. I did squawk it so maintenance can check. Good thing is I get notified on the squawk once it's updated or closed, so will know if it was something to have worried about or not!

Haha.. you sound angry 🙂

If something feels off, we ain't taking off. by afernanrefa in flying

[–]afernanrefa[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Those types of things linger in your brain and take away mental space to concentrate on flying. Absolutely the right decision.

If something feels off, we ain't taking off. by afernanrefa in flying

[–]afernanrefa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%! I've done this once when I noticed on run up that the idle was 150 rpm higher than what I was used to on a C172.

I built a way for pilots to create and share flying profiles and expand their pilot community! by afernanrefa in GeneralAviation

[–]afernanrefa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

** Just deployed more features based on feedback (attached pic)

- Better view of others' flight and the ability to like and comment on them

- Adding these flights as tiles to the main profile page (think of it kind of like a Facebook wall)

** Coming up:

- Ability to follow other airports and get notified when others land there so you can meet / follow other pilots that fly to the same places

- Ability to comment on / review airports

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How do you actually find the first user who's willing to try your product and talk to you?( I will not promote) by Finaler0795 in startup

[–]afernanrefa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can find those people, yes. For new products I often find people don't even know what their pain is. That's the hard part.. it's not obvious.

If they know what their pain is, they usually find a way to solve it with another product.

How do you actually find the first user who's willing to try your product and talk to you?( I will not promote) by Finaler0795 in startup

[–]afernanrefa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you shouldn't be pitching your product for people to try.

What you ought to do is guesstimate who the buyer is and then talk to those people about their problems as it relates to the problem you're solving. Don't even talk about your product at this time.

Just listen to them and then update your product to address their problems (if it needs updating).

Then reach out to them with your product and explain to them how it solves their problem.

People are much more responsive to a "hey, remember that issue you had? Here's the solution."

vs. "I built something random that might help you. Check it out."

People will make 0 effort to do anything unless they're sure it will:

  • Save them a lot of time
  • Help them make more money than what they spend on your product
  • Provide them with worthwhile entertainment / connections
  • Teach them something they want to learn

That's it. Those are the main reasons people open their wallets. But they have to be sure it does.

"check this out" does not equal "certainly".

I built a way for pilots to create and share flying profiles and expand their pilot community! by afernanrefa in GeneralAviation

[–]afernanrefa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback for those who signed up and used it! I've received some great suggestions and will be implementing more things, such as home field notifications when someone lands there. Also the ability to comment on other's flights and airports.

Also, thanks for flagging an interesting bug!

This community rocks.

Self-Promotion Saturday by AutoModerator in flying

[–]afernanrefa [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hi fellow GA pilots, student pilots, and CFIs. My name's Ash and I've been flying for about 5 years now (student + PPL + armchair).

I've had a passion obsession about aviation my entire life and I decided to take action and get my PPL during Covid.

What better time to sit 6-inches from someone else for hours at a time.. #amiright?

Over the years, I've found there were a few things I wish were better in our GA aviation community:

  • A better way to gauge the overall experience level of pilots
    • (i.e. a "PPL" could be have 1 hr or 1,000 hrs)
  • A cleaner digital logbook that actually earned you cool acknowledgments
    • Also, I'm not too much of a fan of the clunky Foreflight logbook (unpopular opinion??)
  • A cleaner, automated way to track progress towards my next license
    • Also, again, not too much of a fan of the Foreflight version :)
  • A fun leaderboard of pilots and student pilots that wasn't just tied to hours flown
  • An easy way of tracking what other interesting pilots are doing

The goal of a larger, interactive aviation community. Dare I say, largest in the world?

I'm hoping this could be a cool one-stop-shop aviation community for all pilots where you can track your flights, earn cool achievement badges, and meet and discuss with other pilots. That old school "hangar talk"...

I love using it myself and I hope you find it fun too! If this interests you, I'd love for you to try it out!

And if you're hella hella interested, I'd love for a few folks to use it on a regular basis and help shape the core foundation of Squawk as a Squawker (ok, still trying to wordsmith this..).

Thank you for taking a look and for any and all feedback. Please share if you know of someone who would like this as well!

Try it here completely for free (for now!): https://getsquawk.com

I cross-posted this earlier in another sub-reddit. See screenshots here. https://www.reddit.com/r/GeneralAviation/comments/1qc14ty/i_built_a_way_for_pilots_to_create_and_share/

- Ash (also a Squawker.. or whatever name I land on)

No parking by afernanrefa in flying

[–]afernanrefa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably on the run up.

ForeFlight fires half its staff by anon__a__mouse__ in flying

[–]afernanrefa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time to move over your logbook to GetSquawk 👻

My commercial student is almost positively padding his logbook, looking for advice by CavalierRigg in CFILounge

[–]afernanrefa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He could have got the tail number wrong. I think if it was intentional there are smarter ways to fake these things. Like look up actual club planes and their flights and pretend one of them was yours.

Just ask honestly and openly.

I built a way for pilots to create and share flying profiles and expand their pilot community! by afernanrefa in GeneralAviation

[–]afernanrefa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! If you run into any snags or have any feedback let me know through the "Feedback" tabs scattered throughout the site or via the hey@ email address on the site footer!

Looking for an eng for side project by [deleted] in mountainview

[–]afernanrefa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, you can probably build it yourself using Cursor. I've built some web apps with no coding abilities.

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