I do have the extended runway option turned on. In my case, however, I was forced to approach the airport from the right side of the runway and just couldn't see it because of the fog/haze. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
I always load an approach regardless of the weather. Always give you horizontal guidance. Even on the visual takes the guess work out of finding an unfamiliar airport.
Ben you’re a born storyteller. You genuinely know how to hold our attention, unlike so much of the phony clickbait drama polluting the web. Keep them coming! I’m VFR only. On my Garmin GTN750 display the extended runway center lines make it impossible to miss runways no matter how hard it is to see them! Happy new year
I understand you made some mistakes throughout the flight that you should focus on with a CFI-I, however I appreciate you posting this so we can all learn from your mistakes! Safe skies!
Hi Ben, enjoyed the video. I was just curious though why you didn’t load the visual approach when they took you off the rnav to get around the weather. I understand why you couldn’t get eyes on the airport since it was kind of hazy but just a suggestion for next time, hit the visual and let the AP fly you in until you see the runway. Blue Skies!
@@TillDunckel I didn't accept the visual approach. I simply asked ATC for heading towards the visual following his suggestion. I also informed ATC multiple times that I don't have the airport in sight. I don't see anything wrong with that. Thank you for watching.
You saw the bad weather around the airport on your ADS-B, but had no alternative plan other than to just continue and hope it might work out. ATC did indeed save your life, but you can’t rely on that to always work. Remember, primary responsibility for ATC is separation of IFR traffic, not weather avoidance. Please take a good look at what you are doing, going around and hoping ATC will make decisions for you is not a good long term strategy for survival. If you are going to play in weather, you need to have a viable plan B at all times, and you should be working on Plan C. Also, you should ask yourself if you would have been able to safely complete that flight in the event your Autopilot stopped working. If an honest assessment shows that you “needed” the autopilot then you were one failure away from dying. Aviation is not inherently difficult, but it is incredibly unforgiving…..
I always brief the weather prior to any of my departures that included this trip. It's not such a bad idea to fly and see if the weather is indeed bad at the airport. As you know, ADS-B weather can be as late as 15-20 minutes, and prior to my arrival was in VFR. Subsequently, I was mentally prepared to fly to another airport with more than 90 minutes of fuel reserves. Also, if you had watched my other videos, you'd realize that I have an intermittent failure issues with my Auto Pilot. I have flown many approaches in IMC without it, and I definitely do not rely on it. In any case, thank you for watching and commenting. Safe Flying & Happy New Year!
It was like watching a prelude to a Pilot Debrief video. It was a very troubling video to watch since the ADM was nonexistent. Make a right turn and land at KGVQ or KROC and wait for the storm to pass. Pressing on into an area of red returns is poor decision making. What is even scarier is you said you have moved to Florida - the home of the thunder boomers. You really need to reevaluate your flying skills.
@ yeah, and his response to critique is right out of the hazardous attitudes section. Additionally, he’s flying around convective weather without on board radar. I’m in Florida as well, and would never fly here in the summer without on board wx radar. I’ve seen cells pop up where ads-b or Sirius indicates nothing, and have seen nothing where nexrad indicated red.
@@mrscorpio4444 Wow, you are impressing everyone with your "extensive and in depth knowledge". According to you all Florida GA pilots must have onboard WX radar. How about a parachute to boot, or ejection seat? Why not? For you information, I respond in kind and appreciate constructive critique but not to destructive criticism coming from a "know it all" wannabe pilot like you. Got it?
@@TheRealAviatorBen This will be my last response to you, as I don't think it would be constructive to engage more. I am certainly not a "wannabe pilot", rather I am a life time student of aviation. As I have learned and advanced I find that the more I know and the more ratings I acquire, the more I see there is to learn. But my qualifications or lack thereof are not the issue here. I truly wish you safe flying. I find your videos terrifying. Your passenger looks terrified at times as well. Hopefully, you are right and I am wrong. All the best and safe journeys. Ron
I live like 15 mins from Linden Airport, working on my instrument rating. I have an A&P I work for a Major airline in EWR as an Aircraft Technician. If u need a safety pilot one of these days would enjoy riding with u.
I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in Linden. However, I no longer use KLDJ as my home airport since I moved down south to Florida. Good luck with you instrument rating. Let me know when you get it. Thank you for watching and Happy New Year!
I have a very simple question for you. Could you have flown the approach if you had experienced a radio failure or an autopilot failure? ATC is there to provide a service, and it should not be an ass saving service. If you want to fly IFR, then maybe you should restrict your destination to VFR minima until you get more experience. As you gain more experience, say a couple hundred IFR hours, then slowly lower your minima. We are on this planet for a short time!
My issue was not the minima, but rather the fact that any IFR approach to the airport would put me smack in the middle of the storm. I elected to follow ATC advice and use the Visual approach. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
Sorry to make this comment.....How did you plan the flight, weather briefing? And SHE clearly was not comfortable, then you hear T Storms, heavy precip and still continued in a cherokee 235 I assume? Anxious, window open, flies on autopilot and too busy setting up cameras? Hmm....
NP. Did you notice that when I arrived at the airport there were no T-Storms? That's because often the ADS-B weather reporting can have 15-20 latency and the ATIS changes once an hour. I wanted to get a bit closer to the airport e.g., 3-5 NM to see the current condition safe to land. I also inquired ATC for the weather ahead of time. When I did arrive near the airport the T-Storms were no longer active. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@@TheRealAviatorBen A quote from you proves your bad decision making: "My issue was ... the fact that any IFR approach to the airport would put me smack in the middle of the storm."
@@TheRealAviatorBen As long as you are happy. First to take a non pilot into that "weather"? Weather? I'm still questioning your flight planning, and go/no go decision. Flying isn't about ATIS and ADS/B, that is enroute changes and did they coincide with your preflight planning. Obviously the storms weren't sudden, ATIS would not be hourly but SPECI's be given as needed. Your plane doesn't have the equipment, such as turbo, speed, RADAR,,,do you even lhave a stormscope? You can't rely on ADSB, yes, latency. You didn't have an alternate, IF the weather was moving away from your airport you could have "HOLD" outside and waited 15 min...etc....glad u r ok. This would be a good flight to take with an instructor....
@@MrSmddmd What’s there to question my flight planning. I followed the procedure of retrieving the official flight briefing electronically and monitoring aviationweather.gov that included the usual ATIS and ADS-B. The weather changed at my destination about 20 minutes or so before my arrival. According to you, every plane should have RADAR, stormscope, etc., Why not also have an auto land feature, a parachute and ejection seats for pilot and his/her passengers? Shouldn’t we go all the way? That assume that money is no object. Maybe to you, but not to 99% of GA owners. You claim that I didn’t have an alternate - WRONG, I did file an alternate. I guess (not assume) that you didn’t watch the full video However, I think you meant well so thank you for watching and the HOLD tip. Fly Safe!
@@TheRealAviatorBen I'm not suggesting every plane have radar, mine does not. But, IF you go where there is heavy precip and lightning? I've been where you are, had a C182, so my missions and level of risk that I was willing to accept was suited for the plane/pilot. Weather? Calling a briefer, or going to a site doesn't mean you actually understand the weather and what you might encounter. I have flown pressurized AC from Cali to NJ, been canada to islands south, and I believe I need to learn and grow more. That said, Weather will kill you. I teach, mei, own a twin, I get many cfii students, and they don't do weather my way. Am I right? I use multiple sites for a briefing, depending on what I expect. Start big picture and work to the little. Surface and 500mb charts daily, then go thru a time advancement. Learn the airmass and more so what is the stability and moisture, the K index, the lapse rates, not just Lifted index but CAPE, airmets and sigmets, by the great lakes Icing....etc...last I get to TAFs....If you are happy with your flying, I wish you well...
Only if ATC initiates the short call sign. Having said that, I often on "speak autopilot" when respond to ATC with the full call sign. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I see you have a few nay-sayers, but I believe they are only concerned about your safety. At the same time, it's important to maintain your confidence, which you seem to be doing well. My recommendation, when flying single pilot IFR, would be: Not hoping to get better at flying the hard stuff, but learn to avoid it. Especially icing and thunderstorms! There's a hideous side to flying in challenging conditions. Each time you come through unscathed, it builds up your confidence. And so many pilots become conditioned and push it further and further. Remember the old adage: A superior pilot has superior skills they will never use because along with the development of their superior skills, superior judgement was also acquired that prevents them from being in a situation that requires the superior skills in the first place. (there must be a more concise way of saying that. lol). I hope I don't sound like a know-it-all, because I certainly do not. Safe flying!
I agree that some may be concerned for my safety, however, I don't respond well to destructive criticism. Having said that, I agree with your assessment re over confidence that comes along following close calls. I did ran into bad weather on my way home as well, and again was lucky enough to survive it. Following that long trip, I agree that I need to "cool" it and stay away from the nasty stuff. That’s my new year resolution. Thank you so much for watching and your constructive feedback. I appreciate it. Happy New Year to you and your family.
@@TheRealAviatorBen You should think about why that might be. The flight looks pretty routine (with some ATC-guided sightseeing :-). What scared you and why?
@@farche2 Well, I've never had to divert to another airport in real IFR situation, which made me anxious. I know it sounds silly, but... Having said that, I've done it a number of times in VFR.
I don’t know bud. Better to fly IFR on VFR or marginal VFR days. Leave the mucky stuff to the pros. You’re just scaring the crap out of your wife for nothing!
In the beginning I did fly IFR in VFR or marginal VFR, however, as you get more experience there is nothing wrong in flying in real IFR. After all, that's why we get it, right? In any case, I don't know where you see my wife being scared. I think that I'm more anxious than she is for sure. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
This fool is the next TNFlyGirl…you are not competent to fly single pilot IFR. Without that autopilot you’d be so far behind the flight, you literally looked at the ipad when the controller asks if you can see the field and then get frustrated and say “i dont have it!”. How in the hell do you not know how to spot a field in VMC conditions when youve been doing nothing but preparing to spot the field since vectoring. You shouldnt be flying with passengers and you damn sure shouldnt be flying in IMC alone. You rely on everyone that isnt a pilot to fly and that should be enough to tell you that youre in over your head.
Let me response to your assertions and assumptions. 1. Contrary to your “conclusion” I’m pretty competent to fly a single pilot IFR. For your information I have more than 150 instrument hours with about 100 hours in actual. Let me ask you, how many do you have? Go ahead why don’t you lie a little to make yourself feel good and impress your “virtual” friends. 2. I usually don’t rely on my autopilot because it has an intermittent issue. So I fly plenty of times in IMC without it. But you have no issue in assuming that I haven’t. You may want to educate yourself and watch my other videos where I don’t use AP. You know what ASS-U-ME means, right? 3. I used my iPad as a situational awareness tool to see towards which direction I should be looking for the airport. I responded to ATC that I don’t have it because I DIDN’T! Is that too much for you to understand that with low visibility and haze it’s sometimes impossible to spot the field? But I guess for a “perfect” pilot wannabe with an eagle eye like you this will never be a problem, right? WRONG. Obviously you haven’t flown much in marginal/low visibility conditions, but sure have no problem criticizing others who have. Do you feel better now? I guess a wannabe CFII like you feels superior from finding faults with other real pilot who sometimes run into trouble and don’t hesitate to ask for help. And if you claim (more like lie) that you are then you should give it up for the sake of your imaginary students. Got it?
@@TheRealAviatorBen it doesn't matter how many hours someone has or you have. A high hour pilot dies the same as a low hour pilot. The concerning part is your decision making. If you consistently put yourself into bad situations it will eventually bite you.
@@georgemelcer I hear you, however, I don't consistently put myself in bad situation. I find that there is no audience for mundane videos, and therefore, I usually don't post them.
@TheRealAviatorBen Both of those statements are problematic: 1. you don't "consistently" - maybe not consistently but that implies you get into bad situations which is the result of poor decision making. 2. You shouldn't be jeopardizing safety for views. Also the result of poor decision making. Poor decision making will get you killed and many views on pilot debrief.
If you can turn on extended runway centerlines on your tablet, that can help you locate the airport and line up on a runway from some distance out.
I do have the extended runway option turned on. In my case, however, I was forced to approach the airport from the right side of the runway and just couldn't see it because of the fog/haze. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
I always load an approach regardless of the weather. Always give you horizontal guidance. Even on the visual takes the guess work out of finding an unfamiliar airport.
Ben you’re a born storyteller. You genuinely know how to hold our attention, unlike so much of the phony clickbait drama polluting the web. Keep them coming!
I’m VFR only. On my Garmin GTN750 display the extended runway center lines make it impossible to miss runways no matter how hard it is to see them! Happy new year
@@mmcartwright Thank you for watching and your kind words. Happy New Year to you and your family!
I felt your anxiety ! Well done getting it thru the mess. Love ATC..
Thank you for watching and your kind words. Happy New Year!
I understand you made some mistakes throughout the flight that you should focus on with a CFI-I, however I appreciate you posting this so we can all learn from your mistakes! Safe skies!
Thank you for watching and commenting. Fly Safe!
Great video Ben.
Thank you for watching and your kind words.
What an amazing your video
Courage … for both of you the lady amazing too
You are a great humble pilot …
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. Happy New Year!
Hi Ben, enjoyed the video. I was just curious though why you didn’t load the visual approach when they took you off the rnav to get around the weather. I understand why you couldn’t get eyes on the airport since it was kind of hazy but just a suggestion for next time, hit the visual and let the AP fly you in until you see the runway. Blue Skies!
It's a great suggestion. Thank you Andy and Happy New Year!
No need to load the visual since you already had the RNAV loaded. Simply select vectors to final.
@@TheRealAviatorBen Nope, Very bad suggestion. Accept the visual only if you have the airport in sight.
@@TillDunckel I didn't accept the visual approach. I simply asked ATC for heading towards the visual following his suggestion. I also informed ATC multiple times that I don't have the airport in sight. I don't see anything wrong with that. Thank you for watching.
You guys seem like great people. But your anxiety would give me a heart attack in the 1st half of the flight if I was sitting next to you. 😂
It was a challenging flight alright... Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
@@TheRealAviatorBenyou cave a happy new year too. Love your videos though
You saw the bad weather around the airport on your ADS-B, but had no alternative plan other than to just continue and hope it might work out. ATC did indeed save your life, but you can’t rely on that to always work. Remember, primary responsibility for ATC is separation of IFR traffic, not weather avoidance. Please take a good look at what you are doing, going around and hoping ATC will make decisions for you is not a good long term strategy for survival. If you are going to play in weather, you need to have a viable plan B at all times, and you should be working on Plan C.
Also, you should ask yourself if you would have been able to safely complete that flight in the event your Autopilot stopped working. If an honest assessment shows that you “needed” the autopilot then you were one failure away from dying. Aviation is not inherently difficult, but it is incredibly unforgiving…..
I always brief the weather prior to any of my departures that included this trip. It's not such a bad idea to fly and see if the weather is indeed bad at the airport. As you know, ADS-B weather can be as late as 15-20 minutes, and prior to my arrival was in VFR. Subsequently, I was mentally prepared to fly to another airport with more than 90 minutes of fuel reserves.
Also, if you had watched my other videos, you'd realize that I have an intermittent failure issues with my Auto Pilot. I have flown many approaches in IMC without it, and I definitely do not rely on it. In any case, thank you for watching and commenting.
Safe Flying & Happy New Year!
It was like watching a prelude to a Pilot Debrief video.
It was a very troubling video to watch since the ADM was nonexistent. Make a right turn and land at KGVQ or KROC and wait for the storm to pass. Pressing on into an area of red returns is poor decision making.
What is even scarier is you said you have moved to Florida - the home of the thunder boomers.
You really need to reevaluate your flying skills.
@ yeah, and his response to critique is right out of the hazardous attitudes section. Additionally, he’s flying around convective weather without on board radar. I’m in Florida as well, and would never fly here in the summer without on board wx radar. I’ve seen cells pop up where ads-b or Sirius indicates nothing, and have seen nothing where nexrad indicated red.
@@mrscorpio4444 Wow, you are impressing everyone with your "extensive and in depth knowledge". According to you all Florida GA pilots must have onboard WX radar. How about a parachute to boot, or ejection seat? Why not?
For you information, I respond in kind and appreciate constructive critique but not to destructive criticism coming from a "know it all" wannabe pilot like you.
Got it?
@@TheRealAviatorBen
This will be my last response to you, as I don't think it would be constructive to engage more. I am certainly not a "wannabe pilot", rather I am a life time student of aviation. As I have learned and advanced I find that the more I know and the more ratings I acquire, the more I see there is to learn. But my qualifications or lack thereof are not the issue here.
I truly wish you safe flying. I find your videos terrifying. Your passenger looks terrified at times as well. Hopefully, you are right and I am wrong. All the best and safe journeys.
Ron
I live like 15 mins from Linden Airport, working on my instrument rating. I have an A&P I work for a Major airline in EWR as an Aircraft Technician. If u need a safety pilot one of these days would enjoy riding with u.
I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in Linden. However, I no longer use KLDJ as my home airport since I moved down south to Florida. Good luck with you instrument rating. Let me know when you get it. Thank you for watching and Happy New Year!
Ah ok. Sure thing, I will let you know about the Instrument Rating Thank You.
Curious why it appears the side vent window is open in flight?
My bad, I forgot to close following takeoff. Happy New Year!
I have a very simple question for you. Could you have flown the approach if you had experienced a radio failure or an autopilot failure? ATC is there to provide a service, and it should not be an ass saving service. If you want to fly IFR, then maybe you should restrict your destination to VFR minima until you get more experience. As you gain more experience, say a couple hundred IFR hours, then slowly lower your minima. We are on this planet for a short time!
My issue was not the minima, but rather the fact that any IFR approach to the airport would put me smack in the middle of the storm. I elected to follow ATC advice and use the Visual approach. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
Sorry to make this comment.....How did you plan the flight, weather briefing? And SHE clearly was not comfortable, then you hear T Storms, heavy precip and still continued in a cherokee 235 I assume? Anxious, window open, flies on autopilot and too busy setting up cameras? Hmm....
NP. Did you notice that when I arrived at the airport there were no T-Storms? That's because often the ADS-B weather reporting can have 15-20 latency and the ATIS changes once an hour. I wanted to get a bit closer to the airport e.g., 3-5 NM to see the current condition safe to land. I also inquired ATC for the weather ahead of time. When I did arrive near the airport the T-Storms were no longer active. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@@TheRealAviatorBen A quote from you proves your bad decision making: "My issue was ... the fact that any IFR approach to the airport would put me smack in the middle of the storm."
@@TheRealAviatorBen As long as you are happy. First to take a non pilot into that "weather"? Weather? I'm still questioning your flight planning, and go/no go decision. Flying isn't about ATIS and ADS/B, that is enroute changes and did they coincide with your preflight planning. Obviously the storms weren't sudden, ATIS would not be hourly but SPECI's be given as needed. Your plane doesn't have the equipment, such as turbo, speed, RADAR,,,do you even lhave a stormscope? You can't rely on ADSB, yes, latency. You didn't have an alternate, IF the weather was moving away from your airport you could have "HOLD" outside and waited 15 min...etc....glad u r ok. This would be a good flight to take with an instructor....
@@MrSmddmd What’s there to question my flight planning. I followed the procedure of retrieving the official flight briefing electronically and monitoring aviationweather.gov that included the usual ATIS and ADS-B. The weather changed at my destination about 20 minutes or so before my arrival.
According to you, every plane should have RADAR, stormscope, etc., Why not also have an auto land feature, a parachute and ejection seats for pilot and his/her passengers? Shouldn’t we go all the way? That assume that money is no object. Maybe to you, but not to 99% of GA owners.
You claim that I didn’t have an alternate - WRONG, I did file an alternate. I guess (not assume) that you didn’t watch the full video
However, I think you meant well so thank you for watching and the HOLD tip. Fly Safe!
@@TheRealAviatorBen I'm not suggesting every plane have radar, mine does not. But, IF you go where there is heavy precip and lightning? I've been where you are, had a C182, so my missions and level of risk that I was willing to accept was suited for the plane/pilot. Weather? Calling a briefer, or going to a site doesn't mean you actually understand the weather and what you might encounter. I have flown pressurized AC from Cali to NJ, been canada to islands south, and I believe I need to learn and grow more. That said, Weather will kill you. I teach, mei, own a twin, I get many cfii students, and they don't do weather my way. Am I right? I use multiple sites for a briefing, depending on what I expect. Start big picture and work to the little. Surface and 500mb charts daily, then go thru a time advancement. Learn the airmass and more so what is the stability and moisture, the K index, the lapse rates, not just Lifted index but CAPE, airmets and sigmets, by the great lakes Icing....etc...last I get to TAFs....If you are happy with your flying, I wish you well...
Too long of a call sign, no? Shouldn't it be just Cherokee and the last few?
Only if ATC initiates the short call sign. Having said that, I often on "speak autopilot" when respond to ATC with the full call sign. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Think you need a little more time and perhaps dual with a CFII
Not sure why exactly you draw your conclusion, however, thank you for watching.
I see you have a few nay-sayers, but I believe they are only concerned about your safety. At the same time, it's important to maintain your confidence, which you seem to be doing well. My recommendation, when flying single pilot IFR, would be: Not hoping to get better at flying the hard stuff, but learn to avoid it. Especially icing and thunderstorms!
There's a hideous side to flying in challenging conditions. Each time you come through unscathed, it builds up your confidence. And so many pilots become conditioned and push it further and further. Remember the old adage: A superior pilot has superior skills they will never use because along with the development of their superior skills, superior judgement was also acquired that prevents them from being in a situation that requires the superior skills in the first place. (there must be a more concise way of saying that. lol). I hope I don't sound like a know-it-all, because I certainly do not.
Safe flying!
I agree that some may be concerned for my safety, however, I don't respond well to destructive criticism. Having said that, I agree with your assessment re over confidence that comes along following close calls. I did ran into bad weather on my way home as well, and again was lucky enough to survive it. Following that long trip, I agree that I need to "cool" it and stay away from the nasty stuff. That’s my new year resolution.
Thank you so much for watching and your constructive feedback. I appreciate it.
Happy New Year to you and your family.
@@TheRealAviatorBen "and again was lucky enough to survive it"
Can you explain what justifies this dramatic language?
@@farche2 I honestly felt that way at the time, what else can I say. To some it may not have felt that way, but to me it did.
@@TheRealAviatorBen You should think about why that might be. The flight looks pretty routine (with some ATC-guided sightseeing :-). What scared you and why?
@@farche2 Well, I've never had to divert to another airport in real IFR situation, which made me anxious. I know it sounds silly, but... Having said that, I've done it a number of times in VFR.
I don’t know bud. Better to fly IFR on VFR or marginal VFR days. Leave the mucky stuff to the pros. You’re just scaring the crap out of your wife for nothing!
In the beginning I did fly IFR in VFR or marginal VFR, however, as you get more experience there is nothing wrong in flying in real IFR. After all, that's why we get it, right? In any case, I don't know where you see my wife being scared. I think that I'm more anxious than she is for sure. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy New Year!
@@TheRealAviatorBenhey your right seater has a good eye for the airport too. Nicely done
@@juanflyer8443 She sure does. Thank you for watching and you kind words. Happy New Year!
Your wife didn’t look worried to me, I thought she was a co-pilot she was so calm
He was on an IFR flight plan all along.
This fool is the next TNFlyGirl…you are not competent to fly single pilot IFR. Without that autopilot you’d be so far behind the flight, you literally looked at the ipad when the controller asks if you can see the field and then get frustrated and say “i dont have it!”. How in the hell do you not know how to spot a field in VMC conditions when youve been doing nothing but preparing to spot the field since vectoring. You shouldnt be flying with passengers and you damn sure shouldnt be flying in IMC alone. You rely on everyone that isnt a pilot to fly and that should be enough to tell you that youre in over your head.
Let me response to your assertions and assumptions.
1. Contrary to your “conclusion” I’m pretty competent to fly a single pilot IFR. For your information I have more than 150 instrument hours with about 100 hours in actual. Let me ask you, how many do you have? Go ahead why don’t you lie a little to make yourself feel good and impress your “virtual” friends.
2. I usually don’t rely on my autopilot because it has an intermittent issue. So I fly plenty of times in IMC without it. But you have no issue in assuming that I haven’t. You may want to educate yourself and watch my other videos where I don’t use AP. You know what ASS-U-ME means, right?
3. I used my iPad as a situational awareness tool to see towards which direction I should be looking for the airport. I responded to ATC that I don’t have it because I DIDN’T! Is that too much for you to understand that with low visibility and haze it’s sometimes impossible to spot the field? But I guess for a “perfect” pilot wannabe with an eagle eye like you this will never be a problem, right? WRONG. Obviously you haven’t flown much in marginal/low visibility conditions, but sure have no problem criticizing others who have.
Do you feel better now? I guess a wannabe CFII like you feels superior from finding faults with other real pilot who sometimes run into trouble and don’t hesitate to ask for help. And if you claim (more like lie) that you are then you should give it up for the sake of your imaginary students. Got it?
@@TheRealAviatorBen it doesn't matter how many hours someone has or you have. A high hour pilot dies the same as a low hour pilot. The concerning part is your decision making. If you consistently put yourself into bad situations it will eventually bite you.
@@georgemelcer I hear you, however, I don't consistently put myself in bad situation. I find that there is no audience for mundane videos, and therefore, I usually don't post them.
@@TheRealAviatorBen Putting yourself into precarious positions for views will get you a lot of views on Pilot Debrief.
@TheRealAviatorBen Both of those statements are problematic:
1. you don't "consistently" - maybe not consistently but that implies you get into bad situations which is the result of poor decision making.
2. You shouldn't be jeopardizing safety for views. Also the result of poor decision making.
Poor decision making will get you killed and many views on pilot debrief.
By do way I have apartments in Park avenue but crazy… that IFR love the way you handle and amazing the controllers up there
Thank you for watching and your kind words. Happy New Year!