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Originally Posted by FDXLAG
A freight pilot talking about AOA how preposterous, that would be like some doctor talking about aviation.
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Originally Posted by FDXLAG
What little I remember about light airplanes
Sorry about your straw man. Again, AOA info is essential for freight pilots and transport-category jets and aircraft that go high. It is not essential for GA aircraft. Experts with a great deal of experience flying 172s/182s a lot should be making rules for people that fly 172s and 182s a lot, not freight pilots who remember "little about light airplanes" yet somehow became self-declared experts on aerodynamic theory and human factors. You don't act like fellow engineers (we tend to be data driven) so I'm wondering what your background is?
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Originally Posted by Hetman
You can't really tell from an internet message board whether this guy is a good pilot, a good doctor, or both or neither.
What you can tell is that he is a pretty good fisherman.
Please clarify? We all ultimately judge proficiency by events - after 1000 hours if somebody is confident, safe, with no close calls or "incidents" I would deem them a competent pilot. It is telling (worrisome perhaps) that people think that AOA is some sort of "advanced" concept instead of something taught at day 1 (well, maybe day 2) of flight training.
I agree it is hard to tell genius from idiocy on a message board. However, over time it tends to become obvious who is knowledgeable, reasonable and who is a zealot.
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Nicely said FAAST
AOPA had a nice AOA advocacy video too a few weeks ago... sponsored by Aspen Avionics. Had the same information and one-sided advocacy. Take a look if you are a member (under safety videos):
General Aviation's largest, most influential association in the world - AOPA
Install your AOA sensor when you downgrade to a piston single, I don't care! Just don't advocate for nonsensical regulation or tell other pilots what they "need" to fly, or think that it alone will increase safety.
Reminds me how some Cirrus pilots "need" a parachute to be safe. Not going to argue that.