CAVU and I'm Grounded!

Javier Henderson wrote:


If it's installed, it's gotta be checked every 24 months.

Of course, you could:

a) Remove it (tools needed: 3/32" Allen wrench qty 1)

or

b) Label it "INOP"

Then, go fly the sucker outside of the areas that require a transponder.


Just go fly fer Christs sake.

should I be surprised that people are encouraging others to disregard the
regulations?

tell me it isn't so..

BT

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Javier Henderson wrote:


If it's installed, it's gotta be checked every 24 months.

Of course, you could:

a) Remove it (tools needed: 3/32" Allen wrench qty 1)

or

b) Label it "INOP"

Then, go fly the sucker outside of the areas that require a transponder.


Just go fly fer Christs sake.

BTIZ wrote:
should I be surprised that people are encouraging others to disregard the
regulations?
tell me it isn't so..

The first question I ask is, "Am I safe?"
The question, "Am I violating any Regs?" is quite a ways down the list.
Regardless, if the answer to the first question is YES, I keep flying.
FAR 91.3 allows me creative license. ;-)

BTIZ wrote:
should I be surprised that people are encouraging others to disregard the
regulations?

Put it to you this way: flew from Nashville to Norman, OK today (with
appropriate fuel stops). Headwinds were stronger than expected; I
expected to have night VFR reserves at landing, but when we got closer
to that point, I wasn't sure I'd be holding them (perfectly legal).
Stopped at Norman to drop off pax, then planned to head down to David
Jay Perry, where we keep the airplane. 1K4 is about six miles from OUN;
you can see either from the other's pattern.

I was *not* going to pay Cruise's fuel prices to carry a 45-minute
reserve for a six-minute flight.

(As it turned out, we had 45 minutes in the right tank, and about ten in
the left, so all was cool. Still getting used to the fuel gauges in
that dumb thing.)

--Dave

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Dave Buckles

http://www.flight-instruction.com

How about this scenario. Your weight and balance paperwork is missing.
Or you don't have your medical on you. Or your BFR expired a few days
ago, but it's just a short trip around the pattern for a ride for a
friend. Whatever. You have an incident that bangs up the plane. Do
you think your insurance company is going to pay. Not likely.

Dave Buckles wrote:
BTIZ wrote:

should I be surprised that people are encouraging others to disregard the
regulations?


Put it to you this way: flew from Nashville to Norman, OK today (with
appropriate fuel stops). Headwinds were stronger than expected; I
expected to have night VFR reserves at landing, but when we got closer
to that point, I wasn't sure I'd be holding them (perfectly legal).
Stopped at Norman to drop off pax, then planned to head down to David
Jay Perry, where we keep the airplane. 1K4 is about six miles from OUN;
you can see either from the other's pattern.

I was *not* going to pay Cruise's fuel prices to carry a 45-minute
reserve for a six-minute flight.

(As it turned out, we had 45 minutes in the right tank, and about ten in
the left, so all was cool. Still getting used to the fuel gauges in
that dumb thing.)

--Dave



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"Dan Truesdell" wrote in message
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How about this scenario. Your weight and balance paperwork is missing.
Or you don't have your medical on you. Or your BFR expired a few days
ago, but it's just a short trip around the pattern for a ride for a
friend. Whatever. You have an incident that bangs up the plane. Do
you think your insurance company is going to pay. Not likely.

Mine would. If you accept a policy with those type of exclusions that's
your problem.

Dave Stadt wrote:

"Dan Truesdell" wrote in message
...
How about this scenario. Your weight and balance paperwork is missing.
Or you don't have your medical on you. Or your BFR expired a few days
ago, but it's just a short trip around the pattern for a ride for a
friend. Whatever. You have an incident that bangs up the plane. Do
you think your insurance company is going to pay. Not likely.

Mine would. If you accept a policy with those type of exclusions that's
your problem.

Mine would not pay if my flight review were not current. Or if the plane were
out of annual, for that matter. There are, however, many cases in which FARs
were violated and my company would pay up. Not having my medical certificate
or pilot's certificate handy would be one such case.

George Patterson
Battle, n; A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would
not yield to the tongue.