Recent content by SixPapaCharlie

Studying for commercial while waiting for the ink to dry on my IR cert and there's a question about what to do if the engine quits at night. The recommendation is land in an unlit area. I would think one would want to opt for a road versus a black hole. Why would I choose an unlit area...

I know this thread will be locked in a matter of minutes but here goes. I just filled out my open enrollment paperwork for my company and the plan for me and my family is $1720 per month. My employer pays half so $860 per month for me for premiums. This means to use zero medical services, my...

I could probably pass my IR checkride at this point but never spent any time in the clouds. We went out and did some XC stuff under the foggles and broke through a thin layer multiple times departing and arriving. Danced around Texas in the Cirrus, nailing approaches, filed everywhere and...

In my medical insurance policy it states that I am not covered should I be injured as a result of a plane crash. The salesman joked that "if you crash, make sure you finish dying." That got me wondering. If I die in a plane crash, my life insurance still pays. Lets say I crash my plane and I...

So I got my 1099 tax form or whichever form from youtube. I gave it to my CPA and he said "Don't you have expenses like cameras, fuel, and other things that go along with this that you'd deduct from these earnings?" I am under the impression that I cannot do that. Maybe I am wrong but If I...

I just passed my written exam. Got the results and all is good. Today I get the email below. I spoke to the FSDO and they had no idea what this means. I am on the phone w/ the testing center now and they said there is an investigation underway into potential cheating. What in the actual...

Really??? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thenorthwestern.com/amp/4307266002

So there I was (Its my birthday and I am full of Dogfish Head 120 so bare with the lack of continuity) I started a new job on Wed and on day 1 I was all "awe yeah whose you're IT Director?" 3/4 through the day, I get a phone call and the # is not one I know but it is local so I answer. A dude...

Having beers with Squawk Shoppe Shane and the other Mooney guys and I get to talking to this guy and he goes into this story. He was flying in freezing cold weather, takes off, Hits the AP, and then falls asleep due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. He wakes up in the plane in a field 3 hours...

You are at altitude 20 min from your destination (uncontrolled 4k ft runway) and it is Texas so one of those rogue plastic grocery bags has caught some lift and managed to get snagged on your pitot tube. Curious about the different answers. I know there are pilots that can feel their way to...

You know how sometimes you will be at a concert and need to pee and you end up in the dreaded trough urinal situation? You pee, and detect a certain amount of "mist" splashing back on you. But then you stop peeing and still feel that "mist". Ugh, it is awful but a reality we men face.There...

Speaking to a former coworker that is looking for work and he says Wait first, this is an educated professional in his 50s with lots of experience. He says "If they ask me for a weakness I just look down and shake my head and say 'I just work too dang hard' I am just passionate about getting...

Started my new job. Me and 4 others brought in as consultants. As such, we are sort of an after thought, thrown into a closet in cramped quarters with none of the fun or benefits of being a real employee. We have quickly begun to banter with one another. I never say "A black guy" or " A...

So I am going on interviews frequently which is a good feeling. When we were young and entering the work world we (I anyway) were taught to never bring up money and to wait for the interviewer to bring it up. I don't like wasting time so when I get a call and hear "We have a position that...

Thinking about Class A Airspace. Couple questions: 1. Is the only requirement to be on IFR flight plan? 2. If you are VFR having selected a cruising alt of 17.5 to get that perfect tail wind and you reach over to get your hot dog out of the bag and realize they left off the ketchup and rant a...