tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8564368592711553942..comments2024-03-19T06:57:37.085-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Phoenix CrashComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-55212322845208721812011-12-02T21:11:18.137-05:002011-12-02T21:11:18.137-05:00It's what happens when general aviation is com...It's what happens when general aviation is compressed into the airspace underneath the big boys. This does not remove responsibility for the result from the PIC -- godresthisorhersoul - but so it goes.<br /><br />I live under a class B, and fly nearby. I admit I've stopped trying to negotiate the "bravo", instead flying around the circular airspace.<br /><br />What's wrong with that? Everyone else is doing the same thing. I have had many "oh, hello" moments spotting traffic at the last minute. A month ago I got a "OH HELLO" moment when a Mooney flew by closer than I've ever seen another power aircraft. It was within 100' and just below me, a "t-bone" angle. There is nothing I could have done but be, as I was, lucky.<br /><br />I don't know. Maybe I should request flight following and just fly through. Or quit trying to fly under the shelf with everyone else. Too Spooky.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-35294467741518977282011-12-02T11:17:53.904-05:002011-12-02T11:17:53.904-05:00Thats what happens when you have a President who p...Thats what happens when you have a President who puts industry insiders and political hacks in charge of the very agencies that were in place to regulate THEM! President Shrub did this with almost every government agency...and now we are still dealing with the results. Elections have consequences people! Get off your asses and vote! They call the FAA the Tombstone Agency for a reason! Been there, done that...ORD.OldRetiredDudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352066065043323477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-52415735090604283182011-12-02T10:39:52.057-05:002011-12-02T10:39:52.057-05:00Aw, I hate to be pedantic, but technically "F...Aw, I hate to be pedantic, but technically "Flight Levels" are any altitude based on standard pressure (29.92"). In the Oceanic FIRs (Flight Information Regions), flight levels are commonly used down to as low as 5,000 (Flight Level 50)—maybe lower, but that's the limit of my actual experience.<br /><br />We don't use Flight Levels below 180 (or 190 when the pressure is below 29.92) in the conterminous US, but they are commonly used elsewhere.<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retiredLRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-52381813708251721452011-12-02T10:00:21.121-05:002011-12-02T10:00:21.121-05:00Dear Miss Fit:
Do I recall correctly, that the no...Dear Miss Fit:<br /><br />Do I recall correctly, that the noted change to the PHX Class B happened during the period when the FAA was saying that the airlines were its "customers"? Those "customers" wanted the GA traffic pushed lower, and they got what they wanted.<br /><br />The FAR's are written in blood.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />FrankFrank Van Hastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821687850881538546noreply@blogger.com