tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post6761447190501541018..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: More Evidence Pilots Can't Count to ThreeAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-7974805201723346302010-07-21T00:26:27.102+00:002010-07-21T00:26:27.102+00:00Don't take a week off! We want to hear all abo...Don't take a week off! We want to hear all about your reunion with your instructor and your adventures in Regina!UnwiseOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466448988499591715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90317335491053220402010-07-20T11:00:38.869+00:002010-07-20T11:00:38.869+00:00I had to give turn by turn directions to the taxi ...I had to give turn by turn directions to the taxi driver to get to the FBO once. Fortunately I knew the turns!Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171628629488905916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-21283490996238444662010-07-20T05:58:23.433+00:002010-07-20T05:58:23.433+00:00"All the airplaney bits are still attached in..."All the airplaney bits are still attached in the right order."<br />That made me LOL for real! :)<br /><br />Also, I agree about trying to get taxi-drivers to go to FBO after months of working on oil-charter operations. Very frustrating.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422849081429537680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-41673609296147639022010-07-20T00:15:06.965+00:002010-07-20T00:15:06.965+00:00And ya, Sarah, everyone must be out of town. Maybe...And ya, Sarah, everyone must be out of town. Maybe I should take a week off.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-33071788678557129392010-07-19T16:14:55.500+00:002010-07-19T16:14:55.500+00:00The fifty miles call was not so much an "I...The fifty miles call was not so much an "I'm coming into Regina" call as an "I'm out here" call. I wanted to clean up my radios before I got there. If Regina had had an MF I would have made the 126.7 call and then the MF call about 30 miles out. Someone who had departed Regina for Winnipeg coming towards me on the opposite track would be set up in cruise, monitoring 126.7, and anyone in the vicinity of all those other airports would know where they were in relation to "fifty miles east of Regina." I want to call Regina tower five minutes or so before entering their zone, and I'll be starting a descent soon. <br /><br />Because students only go a few miles from their home bases, and don't climb to en route sort of altitudes, they often feel obliged to get the ATIS, call tower, and do their top of descent checks all in the same five miles outside the airspace. I figure being ATC is like playing Tetris and the more pieces you can look ahead, the better you can plan.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-91021437770928489592010-07-19T13:57:42.550+00:002010-07-19T13:57:42.550+00:00Very quiet in the comments lately. Everyone must ...Very quiet in the comments lately. Everyone must be on vacation.<br /><br />Really, you call 50 miles out on 126.7? Seems like a long distance call, and in earshot of dozens of airports. But then maybe I'm used to the packing of frequencies & airports in the continental US.<br /><br />I'm glad you could get together with your mentor... hope we hear more about it.<br /><br />Really, you counted to 3 just fine, just not to "III". Who ever heard of roman numerals in aviation, anyway? " November IX II Bravo Tango on the 45 to left downwind runway 36 ..."Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.com