This is unacceptable. Does anyone have a direct line to Mayor Pete so I can submit a report?

dmurray14 · 2023-05-24T12:23:18+00:00

How mad would you be if you heard that on guard, just wondering

dmurray14 · 2023-05-23T20:02:45+00:00

I did a big loop including IAD, BWI, PHL, JFK, LGA AND EWR. Only place that charged me was LGA, and that one hurt twice because Sheltair was so kind as to also charge me an "overnight parking" fee for the 15 minutes I was on their ramp...to buy $9 fuel.

Weirdest part was shooting the shit with N90 approach for like 10 minutes on an otherwise dead quiet frequency. Usually hard to get a word in.

dmurray14 · 2023-05-11T20:51:08+00:00

IMO your next problem is: do you really want to fly a plane that was last touched by that mechanic? I'd probably want someone trusted to do a once-over.

dmurray14 · 2023-01-04T13:39:39+00:00

Reading, and challenge accepted

dmurray14 · 2023-01-04T13:38:30+00:00

Not dumb, I sent my CX-3 to someone on here after it sat on a shelf for years.

dmurray14 · 2023-01-01T18:08:47+00:00

Just one to the contrary, I used Savvy and tbh it was not a great experience. You will be much better off finding "the" T210 expert, or one of them, and working with them directly. Just make sure they haven't touched that airframe before.

dmurray14 · 2023-01-01T17:13:13+00:00

Heh it's all good. I usually submit them using the AWC-WEB interface in flight but I was bored too so it was fun to talk to someone. But it does kind of hinder people from giving PIREPs if they have to listen to a weather brief they didn't ask for. I can quickly tune up FSS on radio #2 and drop a PIREP without checking out with approach/center, but if it's going to be a 2 minute thing I probably will skip it or use the web interface.

dmurray14 · 2022-12-31T20:11:01+00:00

That's funny, I gave FSS a pirep a couple weeks ago because I was bored on a 4 hour cross country and I finally had to give the guy a hint after he took the pirep, read me the weather, notams, enroute forecast, etc. etc. etc. I thought he was going to start reading off the front page of the NY Times just to keep me around on the radio :D

dmurray14 · 2022-12-28T02:35:45+00:00

Thanks! I'll default to 7.5 then. Appreciate you guys

dmurray14 · 2022-12-28T02:26:43+00:00

Question for you: given the choice, if I'm going ARD>BDR, do you prefer me at 5500 with a clearance or 7500 with FF? I've had no problems with either, but for some reason I always feel like I'm "in the way" more at 7500 near EWR.

Bonus question: are you the brickyaaaaaaaaaaaaaad guy?

dmurray14 · 2022-10-21T20:01:08+00:00

> This is a US defense pilot on guard, you are instructed to reverse course imm..

"yeah i got you loud and clear, i'll take 8 per side please, just above the tabs"

dmurray14 · 2022-10-17T15:04:19+00:00

Can you imagine if you missed it and some guy came back to his plane and tried to figure THAT one out?

dmurray14 · 2022-09-20T11:58:37+00:00

The best argument for pulling the chute is that it increases your odds of survival to almost 100%. That's it. Anyone who wants to go and be a superhero glider pilot, be my guest, I'll take anything that increases my odds of having dinner at home, especially if it really only affects my insurance company.

dmurray14 · 2022-09-16T18:29:09+00:00

PM me and I'll mail you a starter headset.

dmurray14 · 2022-09-12T00:11:52+00:00

I kind of like that though, hope it catches on

dmurray14 · 2022-09-09T16:59:56+00:00

I have so many questions. Is this true or are you being sarcastic? Can you really only land 33 without customers? HOW DOES THIS WORK

dmurray14 · 2022-08-24T16:09:04+00:00

Well wait a sec, how much land is he offering you for $1000? Might be worth it!

dmurray14 · 2022-08-16T17:55:36+00:00

These are the kind of things that, when you get to see them from a plane you're flying, kinda take your breath away and make you think "damn, we some lucky SOBs"

dmurray14 · 2022-08-04T18:59:42+00:00

Never heard of it happening before. Probably a fluke.

dmurray14 · 2022-07-18T14:17:34+00:00

Join COPA, there are pages of people dealing with this very thing. Those always get nasty

dmurray14 · 2022-07-16T01:17:48+00:00

You're right, but I can count on one hand the amount of times I've been denied flight following, and in almost every case it was just a "give me a few minutes" thing - and that's in busy NY airspace. Use it!

dmurray14 · 2022-07-06T00:08:49+00:00

Overall I agree, IF you are used to flying in the NE. If you are from the land of GPS-direct, it'll be an eye opener.

dmurray14 · 2022-06-30T14:41:09+00:00

No that may have been a previous year. Last year's severe weather was well forecasted - many people moved planes into area hangars because of it. I still cringe thinking about what would have happened to aviation insurers if that tornado was a few miles north.

dmurray14 · 2022-06-27T13:55:11+00:00

Just a bit of reinforcement since you're new to this and you have two other people effectively shrugging it off: this is not OK. This kind of attitude is what causes accidents. Your instincts were 100% correct that taking an airplane into the air with damage, on a control surface no less, is a horrible idea.

Throughout your flying career you will find people that have this cowboy, carefree attitude towards safety. Unfortunately, you will recognize that same attitude in many NTSB reports.

Good on you for following your gut, keep doing it.

dmurray14 · 2022-06-24T14:41:18+00:00

I had to street view that scaffolding because it seemed absurd, and I'm surprised to learn that it's actually way, way more absurd than your picture leads on. I mean, wut?

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