William Hung wrote:
On Jan 27, 12:24 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:59:24 -0800 (PST), wrote
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On Jan 26, 9:17 pm, Jay Maynard
wrote:
On 2008-01-27, Larry Dighera wrote:
I would characterize it as effective in grabbing Mr. Faulkiner's
attention and impressing him with the importance of assuming command
of his flights in the future, something his CFI failed to do
apparently. If you see it as stupid, we disagree.
You used the Usenet equivalent of shooting him in the ass with a .45 to get
his attention. You could have done so in a much more civilized manner and
just as effectively.
The only thing you have done is make sure that I, as well as any other
new pilots, will never ask an honest question on the ng again if we
feel we may be at fault.
That would be unfortunate if it were true, however I doubt you are not
able to speak other pilots. But they may realize how obscuring their
identity may be appropriate when they are publicly confessing their
regulation violations now.

Having an obscured partial name is a lot
different than having your full name come up on a search engine.
Of course that's not true in your case. In the future you may
consider verifying your assertions before making them.

If your identity was an issue for you, why didn't YOU take steps to
obscure it? I'll reckon you are aware of the value of it now.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort
to avoid the real labor of thinking.
-- Sir Joshua Reynolds

I understand everything you said Larry, and I truly appreciate the bits
that were constructive.
You're welcome.

Which bits do you feel were not constructive?

But posting of a name was totally unnecessary.
I'm not so sure.

Would you have preferred to remain ignorant and continue to post your
(possible) pilot deviations using your true identity, rather than see
how it looked publicly?

Here's another hint. If you fail to instruct the FAA to remove your
name from their publicly accessible records, more than your name will
be accessible to those researching you. But there's no reason to be
paranoid about it, is there? Are you unlisted in the telephone book?

The mistakes I made during my flight have been on my mind all day.
Excellent. I believe you will recall this experience repeatedly over
the decades, and when you do, you can thank me (and not your CFI
apparently) for impressing it indelibly in your mind.

I realize the magnitude of my mistake.
Which one? The PD turned out okay, but your failure to command the
flight, as you should have been taught, is far more serious. You will
be working on that for a while. But don't beat yourself over it; it's
common for freshly certificated airmen. Just learn to be as serious
as you can about your flight operations, and always comply with Sec.
91.103:

http://tinyurl.com/2vcweo
Preflight action.

Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become
familiar with all available information concerning that flight.

You'll notice the FAA used the absolute word 'all' in that regulation.
It can be a pain to be thorough in researching ALL the data pertinent
to EVERY flight, but it's necessary. Not only to comply with
regulations, but to assure yourself that things haven't changed....

I humbly suggest, that you consider making it a personal rule to NEVER
launch without your course-line plotted on a chart; GPS is no
substitute for paper charts, trust me.

I have scheduled some time with my CFI to discuss this, and go
throught the track log of the GPS in the plane I rented.
I am impressed. That is a very mature choice of action. Well done.

I know you are worried about the consequences of your PD. Given the
ASRS immunity, that can be a non-issue for you. But your failure to
command is far more important. It would seem that the seeds of
appreciation for the significance of that have been well planted, and
are already bearing fruit.

Every time I have dealt with other pilots, I was under the impression
that we were somehow united as a group. I now realize that is not
entirely true.
When you were a child and your mother rapped your knuckles for playing
with matches, did you think she disliked you? Or did you realized she
had your best interest at heart?

Although you may find my methods to be a source of enmity toward me
personally, it's worth suffering your indigence if it serves to
impress upon you the responsibilities incumbent on airmen. There are
enough news reports of stupid-pilot-tricks to darken our image in the
eyes of the public already, and I'm sure you want to be regarded as
competent and professional among your peers. So hang out here in
rec.aviation.piloting for a few months, and I guarantee you'll learn a
lot (if you can pick your way through the noise).

--
There's an old saying that every pilot starts with a full bag of
luck, and empty bag of experiance - the trick being to fill the
bag of experiance before you empty the bag of luck"
-- Colin Southern- Hide quoted text -

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Larry,

Not only are you an idiot, you are a complete asshole.

Now you're insulting assholes everywhere...