| Re: OT Interesting video
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
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> I have had a private ticket for 37 years, a instrument ticket
> for 34 years, an ATP for 15 years but if new, I would just step up to
> the Cessna 152/172 plate and press towards a private ticket, then an
> instrument rating, which gives a pilot much more versatility.
I agree in principle here but having flown with a guy with an instrument
rating in a 152 who damn near killed us both, versatility is not a good
thing for all pilots. Their are idiots with IFR ratings, just like their
are crummy car pilots. We flew, on instruments, from San Jose to Tulare
county airport in serious cloud cover right down to about 50 feet off
the ground. When he was lining up to land we popped out of the cloud
cover and just barely made a field goal between two high voltage towers
and under the wires.
I never flew with him again because of that. The FAA map should have had
those transmission lines in bold or this guy was just an idiot. I
haven't heard of him since that since we were just flying partners.
These days there seems to be an idiot to be found for just about any
activity.
Bill Baka
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