4 years, 240 hours, $80,000 later

BEEPBEEPIMINAJEEP · 1 day

Congrats! I remember the amazing feeling I had when I got mine, though I was a little younger than you when I got it (IIRC, I was 19). Go forth and teach!

wizbam · 2 days

I'm much more worried about your ability to read and comprehend. Mine has been thoroughly tested (law school and multiple bar exams). Either way, clearly this isn't going anywhere. Your interpretation is contrary to the plain language of the reg. it's your prerogative if you don't want to see that.

wizbam · 2 days

You're simply ignoring 113(b). In a circumstance where that applies, (c) does not.

wizbam · 2 days

Have you actually read 61.113(b)? Do you understand what the word "incidental" means? If the OP is a salesman for his company, let's say he sells widgets. He needs to give a big pitch in Big City, which is 300 miles from his office. Him and his team need to get to Big City and he happens to be a private pilot. He tells the company that he can rent a plane and fly him and his whole team to the meeting if they pay the cost. Company says ok. You see this as a problem? It's no different if the company owns the poland.

wizbam · 2 days

Keep on believing what you like, but some of us can read and comprehend regulations. You still have yet to actually explain why it's a violation, beyond "this one guy told me it was." And if you can't see the factual difference between the letter you cited and the situation being discussed, you have bigger problems.

wizbam · 2 days

That situation is completely factually distinguishable from the one the op inquired about (and the one I am discussing). There is no "business" there to be incidental to. Also, corporations have many reasons to setup flight departments and that's not really applicable here.

wizbam · 2 days

irish56_ak · 2 days

Did anyone else notice that the MDA is ~2300ft AGL? Insane.

hankwithers · 2 days

Yeah, lawnmower, gas cans, weedeaters, hoses, sprinklers, a ladder, etc. can all add up to real money.

GuitarFreak027 · 2 days

I'm not much for military airplanes generally, but I love the B2. I was lucky enough to cross over the top of one in-flight once, about 2,000 ft. above it (I was around 5,000, he was at 3,000). So awesome to see in flight.

wizbam · 2 days

I think you're wrong here, but I'm curious as to whether you actually know why you think it's a violation of the regs, or if that's just what you've been told?

wizbam · 2 days

I don't necessarily disagree with the lawyer suggestion (in part because I am one), but at the same time I think people tend to over-lawyer certain situations and this might be one of them. This isn't a particularly complex thing.

I'm curious as to why you're not keen on these types of things?

hankwithers · 3 days

The biggest thing you'll have to come out of pocket for is closing costs (unless you get the seller to pay them). On a $200k house, it's probably going to be in the $5-7k range (including all your pre-paid items like taxes and insurance).

My wife and I recently purchased a house in that price range and we put down 5% on a conventional 30yr note. We felt like that was a sufficient amount, though we could have done more had we wanted to. We decided that it was best to keep a decent amount of cash in the bank rather than have it tied up as equity in the house.

wizbam · 3 days

wizbam · 3 days

wizbam · 3 days

It really comes down to what your true role is. Are you being paid to do a non-pilot job, and flying to/from client locations is necessary to further that role? If so, you are in the clear. It doesn't matter if it's a company owned plane or a rental, you can fly it.

MaskedMexicanWrestlr · 5 days

Intent isn't enough when it comes to this kind of thing. A writing is required. If they fund without a security agreement, you could simply never sign one and they can't foreclose when you default. It's just not worth the risk on the lender's part.

DirtyCommunist · 5 days

I should say that I have one (came with a kit I bought as a private pilot) and I have a rough idea of how to use it. I could sit down with it and figure out the basics if I needed to. I just don't find it to be that "neat," nor have I ever found the E6B as a whole particularly useful (beyond wind correction angle). I understand the math behind the tools, and I prefer to just use that rather than screwing around with the whiz wheel or even my electronic one.

I agree with you on the imporatance of understanding how everything actually works (Rather than just how to use it), and that's something I have focused on during my flying "career." I guess I just don't put the E6B into that category.

DirtyCommunist · 5 days

I suppose I just never wanted to learn. I prefer electronics.

MaskedMexicanWrestlr · 5 days

The lender doesn't want to fund the loan without ensuring that it has a security interest in the house.

flyingcanuck · 6 days

Other than 3., these all apply to regular universities as well.

dirtyprettythings · 6 days

If you want to work at a good firm in NYC or DC (the "North East" as I see it), none of these schools are going to help you. Catholic might get you into the DC market if you do extraordinarily well and network like hell. Chicago-Kent places OK in Chicago, but it won't get you into NYC/DC.

DirtyCommunist · 6 days

The recommendation is appreciated, but I really have no qualms about not teaching students how to use that stuff; it doesn't reflect the reality of how they are going to do their flight planning.

Also, I guess I meant the use of an E6B in flight planning isn't critical, not that "flight planning" (broadly) isn't critical. Of course basic flight planning is critical (fuel, weather, performance, w/b, etc.), but none of that requires an E6B.

DirtyCommunist · 6 days

I'm basically a recreational pilot nowadays. I'm going to get back into instructing in the very near future, but I am a lawyer by day. When I first started flying, I was flying for a living (instructing, flying for an FBO (sales and maintenance), SIC on charter flights, etc.). I went on to college and law school and I let my CFI lapse, which I plan to get back in the next month or two.

DirtyCommunist · 6 days

I think that comparison is unfair. I agree that learning on steam gauges is better than on a G1000 (I actually don't care much for glass cockpits in piston airplanes). But you're comparing learning to actually operate the airplane against a flight planning tool. They simply aren't the same things. One is a critical part of operating an aircraft, the other is not. Flight planning, specifically the aspect that requires any sort of "math," is really a distant second (if not 3rd or 4th) to the actual operation of the aircraft. The chances of being "stranded" and desperately needing to do relatively precision planning that requires a flight computer is so remote it's not really worth worrying about. If I end up at a remote airport and need to take off and fly somewhere else, I can do that safely without using any sort of E6B (mechanical or otherwise).

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