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Spirit Airlines - driving even downward to the bottom of the price curve - https://slate.com/business/2024/10/flights-airlines-travel-spirit-cheap-bankrupt.html

A blimp crashed into a neighborhood. Bizarre.

Congratulations Richard. That is wonderful! Who will be your first passenger?

I really haven’t looked at it that carefully. You may be right that nearly all Federal regulatory agencies suffer from this lack of real data and analysis for justification. Many of the regulations are put in place due to legislative action. And politicians don’t generally care about that sort...

I think the only industry I have much knowledge of in that regard would be biomedical. Decisions by agencies like the FDA tend to be very data and analysis driven.

I thought it was reasonably clear and had gathered there really is no data to justify the practice - other than that is what some people thought was a good idea and we've always done it basically that way. But I wanted to check that I hadn't misunderstood or missed something. Of course in the...

Any idea wha tis causing that?

As always my question is what data is there to suggest that requiring these inspections per regulation improves either the safety of flight or of those on the ground? If the vast majority of accidents are pilot error and not mechanical failure, then is this sort of annual inspection at all cost...

What do people think of the pros and cons of this practice? Discussion about this in this article about electrical systems - http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/Alternators/Know_Your_Charging_System.pdf

For those who are not AOPA members.

I do wonder if less invasive means can work here? https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2024/september/pilot/savvy-maintenance-why-annual-inspections

It's not about me as this is a general discussion. They are not defined there any differently than the definitions above. That is certainly the correct analysis under a legal authoritarian moral framework. However that is not what was posited in my response. It appears that the suggested...

That post contains a fair amount of useful information (as is usual for your posts). I am going to change around the order a bit here to deal with some of the more concrete issues first. Do any owners follow the rules in literal entirety? I would find that surprising as there are so many. I...

For an aircraft like a Cardinal equipped with an O-360, how high an oil temp should one really worry about on climb out? Like see the mechanic. This tends to be an issue in the Valley of the Sun.

https://www.flyingmag.com/modern/spacex-polaris-dawn-crew-completes-historic-civilian-spacewalk/

I think there is another aspect of this which bears mentioning in terms specifically of why pilots and aircraft owners tend to follow the regulations. I suspect their primary motivation is that these rules and regulations often represent best safety practices and procedures, whether the FAA is...

Also would you have a citation or link to the 1961 law about detectors before boarding an aircraft. I have a copy of Public Law 87-197 Sept 5, 1961. It has a section (l) which outlaws carrying weapons on a aircraft unless you are law enforcement. I don't see anything requiring the detectors in...

Here you are - https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/cfr/cf/r1/97/30/33/-T/14/CI/P1/21/cfr1973033-T14CIP121/cfr1973033-T14CIP121.pdf . Neat site.

That is a bit of an over-generalization and borders on a straw man and a personal attack. I just don't think they are all proper or moral. Some laws and regulations are unjust and immoral. I honestly don't know many people who would deny that generally. That is one of the primary differences...

That loc site is pretty neat. I had not looked at that before. I searched for everything restricted to 'Code of Federal Regulations: 1971 Revision' and 'Code of Federal Regulations: Title 14: Aeronautics and Space' and available online. It seems the document titled 'Code of Federal Regulations...