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Old 08-01-2018, 11:28 AM
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Stop the descent at or above the runway. Stop the forward motion at or before the end of the runway. Done.
A whip-stall ending in a vertical dive anywhere on the runway likely meets these criteria. That will indeed get you "landed", but not optimally.
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Think of the Earth as a gigantic, very slow........treadmill.
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Old 08-01-2018, 01:02 PM
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Had to skip the CFII/MEI due to lack of money.

I barely managed to pay for my M/E rating ( $695.00 ) and the CFI and then figured I'd do the rest as money became available.

Put about 600 hours of Day/VFR Primary Instruction under my belt and got hired( In a relatively competitive environment ) with 900 total , 600 Day/VFR Instructor, 1.4 hours of Actual Instrument ( by myself, in real clouds ), 7.8 hours Multi ( Apache/Geronimo - 160 hp each side baby! ) and got hired as an Engineer at a 121 National cargo carrier in a 4 Engine Turbo-Prop. I was extremely fortunate..

In THIS hiring environment, which is THE BEST it has EVER been, I would INTENTIONALLY skip anything above the CFI. Why waste the money ?

BOOM. DONE.

You're a Frickin' Airline Pilot and NOT on Food Stamps this time around the Industry Goat-Rope!



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Old 08-01-2018, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog View Post
A whip-stall ending in a vertical dive anywhere on the runway likely meets these criteria. That will indeed get you "landed", but not optimally.
I've seen too many with the "optimally" mentality hold the airplane off seeking that "greaser," burning up valuable runway when they should have been on the ground and in autobrakes, spoilers out, and getting reverse going.

Way too much emphasis put on "optimally." Land. Done.
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Old 08-01-2018, 05:21 PM
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Double like for the posts from John Burke and JamesNoBrakes.
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Ideally, you can still use the plane again:

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Old 08-02-2018, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke View Post
I've seen too many with the "optimally" mentality hold the airplane off seeking that "greaser," burning up valuable runway when they should have been on the ground and in autobrakes, spoilers out, and getting reverse going.

Way too much emphasis put on "optimally." Land. Done.
Yep, impressing no one but passengers with their failure to stop many tons of metal moving fast down the runway.
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Old 08-02-2018, 11:37 AM
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Ideally, you can still use the plane again:
They can do that now?
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They can do that now?
Why yes, I saw one like that next to Route 66. Great burgers!
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Old 08-03-2018, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke View Post
I've seen too many with the "optimally" mentality hold the airplane off seeking that "greaser," burning up valuable runway when they should have been on the ground and in autobrakes, spoilers out, and getting reverse going.

Way too much emphasis put on "optimally." Land. Done.
Words of experience right here. Just get it on the ground such that no phone calls to maintenance or the old man need to be made. The pax could give two rats about how smooth your landing was as now they're focused on their rapidly diminishing connection time.

A greaser is often done for pilot egos first, passenger comfort (maybe) second.
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