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Old 10-18-2015 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by F15Cricket
So, addition of AOA (according to the FAA, NTSB, AOPA, and pretty much everyone who knows about aeronautics, pilots and flying) will decrease GA accidents--not solve all loss of control incidents, but they will definitely decrease. Maybe not for some certain pilots, however ...
Unclear, and likely not true. We'll see the result, and I would be very interested in the data. I'll even happily admit I'm wrong if there is a clear trend, but I'd wager more than a few beers that I'm not wrong.

So, a freight pilot was arguing here that remembered "very little" about GA. The posts here reflect a very deep ignorance of the styles of GA flying and airfoils.

What do you fly in GA, F15? If you want to play that game, I'll bet I currently fly more GA hours than you if you still fly mil (would be very difficult for any reasonably active pro pilot to fly more than me and still have appropriate rest hours.)

I fly a circuit for business that keeps me in the air a great deal for the next few years. I carefully plan, I go commercial when thunderstorms or icing prohibit me, and I feel very current and confident in my abilities. Arrogance? Nope. Confidence? You betcha.

But, this is not the important metric, it is knowledge, which many of the posts here are severely lacking. We had some guy arguing that GA pilots are "closer to the edge of the envelope" than transport jets. Yet, while arguing nonsense, he somehow knows more about aerodynamics than an MIT-trained engineer who studied fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. Flying is hard for a lot of people, and they can and should feel proud of their accomplishments, but there is a whole other world out there. Posters need to pick up a book instead of thumping their chest.

But hey, it's the internet.

Maybe you can install some $4000 aftermarket AOA gauge on the GA planes you fly to keep yourself safe. Again, I'm not going to argue for people who may need this, and if it makes you feel you are a safer pilot, by all means do it. Best of luck to you!
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