| Re: OT Interesting video
On Jan 28, 5:29 pm, Bill Baka <b...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:<Snip>
> > 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.
Well shoot, he busted mins by more than 950 ft. guessing that there
might be only a non precision approach to that airpatch..even with a
ILS, still only down to 200ft ceiling, 1/2 mile vis. Broke the rules,
doesn't make the rules or training bad.
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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