Instructor Fired?

UND curriculum is PTS curriculum. I don't see this being asked unless the goal was to figure out if the applicant knew where to find such knowledge. Or with the checklist items for the walk-around that state "check for proper inflation" I guess they wanted you to know or at least have an idea what was "proper" on a preflight inspection

All tires have valves...you need to fill them somehow...

As far as your drifting statement - I got this idea of a warrior pulling the parking brake and drifting into a parking T. Then when they pilots get out, saying "looks like you missed the mains" :rotfl:

I agree with everything you're saying. It's just that a few guys treat it like it's the end of the world and need to go off on a tangent about it. "ZOMG! He doesn't know off the top of his head what kind of oil to use when it's 10 degrees!"

That isn't entirely true Doug. My DC8 type oral consisted of A LOT of pressure limitations, (fire bottles, tires, etc). There is a helluva lot more to flying an airplane than the bold face items.

Oh I know they have valves. But I don't recal that they are shrader valves, like whats on cars and most bikes. I think they're the narrower ones, but not like the ones on expensive road bike wheels.

Haha, I prefer that the pilots just get out and pretend like it's normal procedure. I bet the airplanes would put up with it just fine as long is if you happend to spin around backwards, you let off the brakes. haha

I've got a pretty good idea on a lot of the concepts of more advanced car control. I want to learn extreme taxiing next! Sheesh.

I remember being asked what the nitrogen pressure charge in the prop hub in the seminole was. I think I still remember it, 11-14 PSI? What I don't remember is if this was to help or prevent the prop from feathering. If I could remember which damn direction the piston moved to feather the prop(increase pitch) I could remember.

I always thought that the rationale for some of these questions was because the systems are so straightforward, and there were only a handful of speeds you need to know there was room to learn more. I guess I always thought people asked extra stuff because otherwise the aircraft knowledge tasks in the PTS would be 14 seconds long. Knowing systems (Studying for the DPE's MEI POH test) in and out i think helped me with initial for the C90 and BE-400. In the airlines, don't you just have to drive? I thought there were teams of helpful, happy mechanics to take care of everything else

Do they still do 'storm stacks' at UND? All you'd have to do is wait for a little rain and drive at the hangar. Pull the parking brake long enough to spin backwards and let it off. You'd back it right into the hangar and eliminate the tugs completely.

Plus, you could hang a rearview mirror with some fuzzy dice for help.

Oh, dont forget to take care of the flight controls - Climb in, dive away!!

I like extra questions like that. I like to learn little trivial things like that as well. I just don't like when someone gets their panties in a twist when I don't know the answer.

Isn't there just the one centrifugal compressor rotor in the PT-6? Just joshin ya! Bah, I think I'm thinking of the allison helicopter engine anyway.

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I'm not at all scared of being "sued". I haven't even gone near the definition of libel.

Dude- I never said you would be. Read the post that just says I only was listing ways for someone to find out who you are. Nobody's trying to figure out if you're actually an ace, or taking you to court. Relax.

BTW - Are you an ace? It's 5 kills, right?

P.S. that was sarcasm meant to be funny...

Studying for the DPE’s MEI POH test was very helpful. It did take some time to go through the POH and learn all the numbers, cautions, warnings, etc, but it’s proven itself useful when actually flying the airplane that’s for sure. I’m glad that I invested the time to really get to know the POH for the Semi…

And, the POH test doesn’t only pertain to POH questions per say; knowing the autopilot is also something that is vital to know how to do, and is/was on the POH test (as well as other things). Not only for flying efficiently/effectively in the IFR system, but when you’re taking on the responsibility of teaching another pilot applicant how the stuff works. Obviously, we want the best education given for the student’s sake.

why would you do that lol!

Why not just have a UND CFI or stage check pilot (not all, just the ones who think they are God's greatet gift to aviation) Cut out the BOTH mixtures and have his student run an engine shutdown/secure/restart checklist 450FT AGL after rotation while putting his hand on the gear down lever, under the hood, partial panal and RAIM failure.

As some JCers would tell you Angel:

"ITS ALL WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT, ITS ALL YOUR FAULT YOU DIDDNT STUDY ENOUGH!"

"YOU CANT EVEN PASS A MEESLY UND STAGE CHECK WHAT MORE FOR AN RJ GROUND COURSE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER A CAREER IN BEING A LAV CLEANER OR F/A"

"TOO BAD CUZ IM GODS GREATET GIFT TO AVIATION SEE MY UND CFI UNIFORM AND THE WAY I SIT AT THE SOF DESK WITH TACTLESS DEMEANOR"


no seriously make a complaint, and I was always wondering who you can make a protest when failing a stage check.

LOL, but I DIDNT fail the stage...!