tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post4406326598937039958..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Fake Pilot LicenceAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90189532335967042342010-04-05T13:08:30.110+00:002010-04-05T13:08:30.110+00:00I knew you'd get it.
For those less familiar...I knew <i>you'd</i> get it. <br /><br />For those less familiar with Canadiana, there are three perfectly respectable beavers in the described shot.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-81858073608750638962010-04-05T06:11:30.923+00:002010-04-05T06:11:30.923+00:00It's tasteful, not a beaver shot or anything.
...<i> It's tasteful, not a beaver shot or anything.</i><br /><br />Ba-dum ching!<br /><br />She'll be here all week folks, Try the roast beef and don't forget to tip your waitress.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-18946675855909390102010-04-05T02:40:31.299+00:002010-04-05T02:40:31.299+00:00Nope, Cirrocumulous, that one's not me. Mine i...Nope, Cirrocumulous, that one's not me. Mine is the one posed on the float of a DH-2, sunning herself after a swim in a tranquil northern lake, while a Castor canadensis (I swear it's not shopped in!) swims through the foreground. You can't see my face, because I have my head down and am wearing an old fashioned top hat, but the wisps of green hair should give it away.<br /><br />It's tasteful, not a beaver shot or anything.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-14665654065139483132010-04-04T20:50:40.388+00:002010-04-04T20:50:40.388+00:00The Northern Canada Geophysics Pilot Charity Calen...The Northern Canada Geophysics Pilot Charity Calendar 2010. Trix is the one gracefully posed on an ice-coated wing in the rosy dawn light, pretending she's worked up a sweat chipping ice so she needs to strip off her down-filled survival suit - beneath which she's wearing nothing but matching lace-bordered frillies.<br />Yeah, right.Cirrocumulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11357630236254664430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-86701255888571226242010-04-03T23:22:12.730+00:002010-04-03T23:22:12.730+00:00"imprisoned....... slave camp"
Hmmm, A..."imprisoned....... slave camp"<br /><br />Hmmm, Aviatrix has BDSM fantasies. <br /><br />Who knew? <br /><br />Careful, or I'll tell your readers where to find photos of you in wet lingerie.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-46783670720841584032010-04-03T22:32:14.724+00:002010-04-03T22:32:14.724+00:00Yeah, unless you imprisoned the original A Squared...Yeah, unless you imprisoned the original A Squared in an Alaskan fish processing slave camp and have taken over his identity.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90257645697405226472010-04-03T22:22:22.941+00:002010-04-03T22:22:22.941+00:00Nope sorry, not on this weeks itinerary, my certi...Nope sorry, not on this weeks itinerary, my certification will have to remain uninspected. Besides, I'm pretty sure you can figure out how to verify my authenticity remotely.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-38991380698486371722010-04-03T22:12:17.351+00:002010-04-03T22:12:17.351+00:00Which town? seems you're a bit of a moving tar...<i>Which town? seems you're a bit of a moving target.</i> <br /><br />Touché! This week it's Estevan, Moose Jaw, and Salmon Arm. Subject to change at a moment's notice.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-58819750753883724192010-04-03T22:02:44.188+00:002010-04-03T22:02:44.188+00:00BTW,
I was thinking of your observations on Texas...BTW,<br /><br />I was thinking of your observations on Texas and walking recently during a stay there without transportation.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-37006282257470728222010-04-03T22:00:22.570+00:002010-04-03T22:00:22.570+00:00Which town? seems you're a bit of a moving ta...Which town? seems you're a bit of a moving target.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80623844792131216852010-04-03T21:55:34.081+00:002010-04-03T21:55:34.081+00:00You'd better be ready to show me yur licence n...You'd better be ready to show me yur licence next time you're in town, A Squared. :-)Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-18309929884777116002010-04-03T21:23:14.564+00:002010-04-03T21:23:14.564+00:00Mind you, I'm not advocating or excusing such ...Mind you, I'm not advocating or excusing such a fraud.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-79414315026299743362010-04-03T21:20:30.719+00:002010-04-03T21:20:30.719+00:00Well, that sort of breaks down when you consider t...Well, that sort of breaks down when you consider that actually possessing the required credentials only ensures (at least in the US) that an airline co-pilot will have 250 hours and a Captain will have 1500, all of which could be in small training aircraft, which is to say not much experience at all.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-11276628382341516312010-04-03T19:23:58.338+00:002010-04-03T19:23:58.338+00:00I suppose it is that the fake licence is probably ...I suppose it is that the fake licence is probably accompanied by fake experience, and while people with almost no experience can pass artificial tests, they don't have the depth of background to cope with true tests of piloting ability. When the fraud is not discovered over time, the experience argument decays, as real experience is gained, but maybe there are things learned initially but not tested regularly that still are required.<br /><br />There is a similar story of a pilot without credentials in <i>Fate is the Hunter</i> and he turned out to be unable to fly to standard without the autopilot, and unable to make a position fix.<br /><br />I know of someone who flew floats commercially for years without a float rating. He never knew he needed one; you don't need a separate ski rating. Eventually a Transport check pilot noticed the relevant words missing from his licence, but did realize that there was no fraud or harm involved. The solution was to send him and a qualified employee down to the quiet end of the bay for an afternoon to do the (then) required five hours of "training," and then to expedite the proper licensing paperwork.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-14885507861638822922010-04-03T16:36:24.709+00:002010-04-03T16:36:24.709+00:00To play Devil's advocate here:
Given that to ...To play Devil's advocate here:<br /><br />Given that to acquire, and thereafter at regular intervals to hold that pilot position, the person must demonstrate his piloting abilities on a check ride that is almost identical to the checkride given to issue that pilot certificate, what is the real concern?A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-79656325232182058812010-04-01T00:49:24.385+00:002010-04-01T00:49:24.385+00:00Ah not every flight, every flight test. I didn...Ah not every flight, every <i>flight test</i>. I didn't realize the ambiguity of that sentence structure.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-82575369194962734472010-04-01T00:45:41.291+00:002010-04-01T00:45:41.291+00:00That's interesting that you have to show your ...That's interesting that you have to show your license at every flight. I do not fly professionally but aside from check rides, perhaps some dual instruction (for my biannual flight review), or for crossing an international border I've never been asked to produce it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com