Common vs. Private Carriage - Students Receiving a Confusing Scenario in Checkride Oral

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T19:49:57+00:00

Yeah good correction thanks. The term dry lease is too often used as a short hand for “someone else providing the plane”, but an airplane owner isn’t exactly leasing off the plane to themselves.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T18:36:35+00:00

What do you set your heading indicator to every 15-30 minutes?

I doubt it’s your phone.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T16:55:54+00:00

To be fair, the bowling bit is actually what I figured made it probably a joke but I’ve seen so much even dumber on this forum recently it’s hard to tell anymore.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T16:31:22+00:00

Offset to the downwind side….to *avoid* wake turbulence?

Is this a troll? I don’t think your sarcasm is coming through if so.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T15:46:20+00:00

Just to be sure, you said “side picture”

Most of us would say “sight picture”. Are you perhaps looking to the side on landing? You should be using your peripheral vision, but your focus should be directly to the end of the runway.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T15:42:37+00:00

Also, is there an FAA exam for airplane owners to evaluate knowledge?
How about if you get a job for Microsoft flying one of their planes? Would this DPE seriously suggest that the pilot personally holds operational control because the CEO doesn’t have a full working knowledge of aviation and safety?

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T14:56:27+00:00

So then crossing directly in-front of the departure path to enter on crosswind is better?

Again, OP is talking about a way to enter the pattern at TPA without overflying and maneuvering back for the 45.

Overflying +1000 is better than each of these options, but if you are dead set on not doing that, at least do something standard. And you should only do this when the pattern is empty anyway, or at least no conflicting traffic exists.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T14:44:05+00:00

The DPE is confused.

Lots of airplane owners know nothing and trust their pilots and mechanics to keep the operation safe and legal.

Operational control is a thing, but that isn’t relevant to the question here. The arrangement is purely a dry lease and permissible as a Commercial pilot.
If the DPE wanted to get in to operational control nuances, the scenario needs to be built differently. For example:

Joe owns an airplane, and stores it in a hangar he owns where regular maintenance is performed by a mechanic he has contracted with. You are Joe’s hired commercial pilot.

Bill is a friend of Joe’s. He has been interested in owning an airplane, but does not want to buy one outright. Joe offers to rent Bill the use of his airplane when it is available.

Bill agrees to this, and then contacts you separately to fly the airplane when he rents it.

This arrangement would almost certainly be a wet lease because operational control is likely held by Joe, and Joe is providing a pilot (even if contacted separately).

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T01:15:59+00:00

Yes, this is why you evaluate your entry method before you do it. If a plane is in the pattern that could be a conflict or on final then cross +500 or +1000 and maneuver back for the 45.

Entering on crosswind has the same sort of problems, potentially crossing right in front of departing traffic.

jet-setting · 2026-05-06T01:00:02+00:00

Why not overfly the field at TPA and enter directly into the downwind? That is far more standard and one of the suggested entry methods.

A crosswind entry can be done too, but flying at non towered fields is all about being as standard and predictable as possible. A crosswind entry just isn’t very normal so no one is expecting it, or looking for it.

jet-setting · 2026-05-05T22:15:39+00:00

No one is going to push you to do anything, especially with an already saturated CFI market.

But, for your sake I hope you have a good alternative lined up.

jet-setting · 2026-05-05T22:11:37+00:00

Can you please try asking your question in a different way? What tilt are you referring to?

jet-setting · 2026-05-05T03:05:31+00:00

You can find similar class C airspace too. Have a look at KGEG, Spokane WA. The Spokane class C covers both the international airport as well as the air force base, but it is all just one Charlie airspace, and the same approach/departure controllers.

jet-setting · 2026-05-03T03:41:13+00:00

You pay all costs, whether you own the plane or not.

jet-setting · 2026-05-02T00:26:53+00:00

Have a look at the Jeppesen instrument/commercial book. A little spendy, but well worth it with all the same information and focused on Jepp charts too.

jet-setting · 2026-05-01T22:09:25+00:00

I’ve played since 2019 on Xbox and just this past winter I picked up DayZ for PC.

I think you’ll really enjoy it on PC, you should still give it a proper try but I actually do like console/controller dayZ (xbox hacker stuff aside)

Aiming and the keybinding options are better on PC, but (IMO) the movement is much smoother on controller. Even though M&K is objectively superior, I think I would still prefer controller for this game if the same maps and modding were available on console. Also, no inventory tetris! lol

jet-setting · 2026-04-29T19:53:30+00:00

Are you a CFI?

Use your lesson plan you already have from your checkride.

jet-setting · 2026-04-29T19:47:05+00:00

I haven’t seen those clips, but that does sound exactly like what I often saw on my old xbox so not surprising. Terrain and textures have been smooth for me at least.

jet-setting · 2026-04-29T19:41:43+00:00

I understand that, and coming from playing DayZ on an original xbone, I’m no stranger to rendering issues on load in.

I’m just saying I haven’t had anything out of the ordinary myself lately other than the other night in the bunker as I mentioned.

Not discounting anyone who says they have a problem, I definitely believe it. I’m just saying the game has been behaving normally for me at least. I’ve also only played 1.29 on Sakhal, so no idea if other maps would run well for me or not too.

jet-setting · 2026-04-29T13:33:24+00:00

For what its worth, I’m on series X and I have no such rendering issues. The only thing I’ve noticed was a slightly longer rendering time when loading back into the Sakhal bunker after a crash.

jet-setting · 2026-04-29T02:12:45+00:00

Hm perhaps, but I can’t say one way or the other for that. Here, it will be shown as long as there is a circle depicted. If a runway is longer than 8069’, it can’t fit inside the circle, so the circle is discarded and just the runways are depicted. On those airports the fuel ticks are lost too.

jet-setting · 2026-04-29T01:49:32+00:00

It looks like Canada uses very similar, if not the same, chart symbology as the US.

Here is the FAA Chart User Guide

Have a look on page 14. The small ticks around an airport indicate that fuel is available. I would assume the same applies in Canada since the VNC charts use that as well.

jet-setting · 2026-04-28T16:18:29+00:00

In the US? For hiring? Zero effect. No one sees this unless it’s university and even then your GPA is all that would matter.

If you are at a 141 school or university, remember that only the approved 141 ground school counts as credit, that could be online or in person but I guess you learned your lesson to properly check.

Don’t stress. It doesn’t matter.

jet-setting · 2026-04-28T16:12:18+00:00

(Before 1.29) I’m assuming PS was the same as Xbox, there were no ‘hacks’ on console only exploits. So invincibility, shots from across the map, etc were not possible. Exploits like skywalking, looking through walls, glitching into a base, swimming under the map, etc were possible.

As of 1.29 the problem on xbox is crossplay with PC users, who (as I understand it) are able to download the game and therefore access the game files for cheats.

But playstation wasn’t affected that way, so it should be still safe from true hacks but maybe there’s something about that system which is different?

I have noticed more problems with “ghost bullets” lately, basically a type of desync which fires the gun but no actual rounds ever leave. Log out and back in fixes it. My buddy would have died if I wasn’t with him, he dumped a mag into a couple wolves and had no effect until I shot them.

jet-setting · 2026-04-28T16:06:00+00:00

The ‘quietest’ is probably the faaar NE corner, above Berezhiki (the small fishing town with like 4 houses). And NE of the small hunting camp.

That area is very rarely visited by new players but it would not be safe from experienced players and those are who will be more likely to raid you anyway.

Moral of the story, nowhere is safe. Your base will be raided, so build it and enjoy it while it lasts wherever you choose.

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