question for a piedmont pilot
#51
Yes but it has to be a descent. You aren't allowed to descend some, then level out, then do a circle to land, then start descending again. You have to be in a constant descent. Me a troll. Did you figure out what a license is for yet and why you have to have it?
#52
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How do you mean? I will say that I know people at the FAA in different capacities and it is a pretty dysfunctional and unorganized place from what I have heard. I don't think they have as much time on their hands as people think they do. In the PDT situation I don't doubt there could be problems, but I was refering to the anonymous hotline stuff in general.
#53
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Yet you haven't provided any meaningful posts to date...OK bud. Aren't you the guy who thinks that the CFI certificate is a rating?
Here, I found it:
Originally Posted by ToiletDuck
The CFI certificate is a rating.
It has ratings, ie Flight Instructor - Instrument & Multi-engine, but it's a certificate. But that's neither here nor there - it has no bearing on this argument.
Stop typing, start reading.
What I find humorous is every single argument you have made on this thread is done with taking someone else's word for it. Why you are arguing against the crew baffles me - you have no idea what went down.
Last edited by fosters; 02-14-2007 at 11:01 AM.
#54
Yes I am the guy that things the CFI certificate is a rating.
Regardless, you are NOT allowed to descend below circle to land minimums just because you have the runway environment in sight. You have to make a constant descent to landing using normal maneuvers. You can't level off just because you're now in VFR conditions unless you managed to cancel your flight plan then come in the rest of the way VFR.
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EVERYTHING IS A CERTIFICATE.. A commecial license is a certificate. A rating is a CERTIFICATE. Just like a camero and a charger are both cars. However your commercial certificate is a LICENSE and your CFI certificate is a RATING.
Yes I am the guy that things the CFI certificate is a rating.
Yes I am the guy that things the CFI certificate is a rating.
Regardless, you are NOT allowed to descend below circle to land minimums just because you have the runway environment in sight. You have to make a constant descent to landing using normal maneuvers. You can't level off just because you're now in VFR conditions unless you managed to cancel your flight plan then come in the rest of the way VFR.
#56
I can't say that I have ever heard that bit of not descending below mins unless you are within 30 degrees of centerline. The only place I have heard that 30 degrees come into play is what creates the need for a circling approach. If the approach course doesnt take you within 30 degrees of centerline then it would be a circling approach. As soon as you have the airport in sight (or any of the other things listed in 91.175) with the visibility and its stable you can go as low as you want. Doesn't say anything about being within parameters of centerline.
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But you assume all circling approaches have 500' MDA's on them - which is where you've gone wrong.
#58
cer·tif·i·cate /n. sərˈtɪfɪkɪt; v. sərˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[n. ser-tif-i-kit; v. ser-tif-i-keyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
–noun 1. a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
2. a document attesting to the fact that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorized to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
–noun 1. a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
2. a document attesting to the fact that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorized to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
And no i didn't assume they all have 500agl. Some have lower. Some higher. None of which I've seen that are higher than a regular pattern altitude. That's where I based "normal maneuvers" from.
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I use the FAR's, ToiletDuck uses a dictionary. Now I guess I see why you've had so much trouble!
You and SAAB's argument in the CFI/121 thread was what you are quoting from a dictionary - yet the FAA bases it's stuff on what's in the FAR's.
None of which I've seen that are higher than a regular pattern altitude. That's where I based "normal maneuvers" from.
DRO VOR Approach
MDA of 1195' AGL, pattern would be 1000'. That's just one off of the top of my head, but it proves your theory wrong, so good enough for me.
Last edited by fosters; 02-14-2007 at 11:41 AM.
#60
The 30degree bit isn't a rule. I guess it's just a rule of thumb yet. In that cone you get lower minimums. If you come into a pattern at circling minimums then drop down some on the downwind you're in the danger zone. You're slow, low, and the second you start that tight bank to final you're going to have an increased stall speed. It might be legal on that part. But it isn't a nomal descent to land. You don't start midfield downwind. If you start past the numbers while moving 130-140kts chances are you're already in that 30 degree cone. If you do decide to leave the circling mins while not on base to final one day we'll be picking up the parts.
And what? You think the FAA rewrites the definitions of some words? Use an aviation dictionary if you'd like.
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