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Another Reason To Never Fly Again

Onewolf426 said:
They all like to point their fingers at the other. Fact is: BOTH political parties are to blame for this. Neither one had done a damned thing for the last 20+ years with regards to the staffing and technological obsolescence of the systems. Heck, the government systems are just as antiquated.
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Agreed. However, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was signed by Biden in 2021 provided $5 billion to upgrade the FAA's air traffic control systems, facilities, and equipment. I wonder whose pocket that loot went into?
 
The past Adminstration gave the FAA $100 billion in their last FY.

Considering recent air incident events, where did that money go? And into who's pocket?

It's clear that nothing was done to modernize/improve the ATC System with that taxpayers money.
 
TEXASforLIFE said:
i'd fly using vfr and land at municipal or other non-commercial airports. i guess i could still go ifr and land at the same type places, but you'll still need to wait for clearances above "X" altitude (don't remember enough of the rules about this stuff) not a pilot, just trying to remember things my dad would say or do. going from Texas to long beach airport we would hit 36-45k' (depending on which plane we were in) which is above all commercial aircraft altitudes (30k us restricted altitude on all non-outgoing of country flights iirc). don't remember how long it took to get clearance to get to that those altitudes or how far we flew (nm)?
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45K altitude? That's mostly reserved for the military and test flights. What aircraft were you on?
 
Warrior9(Ret) said:
flying isn’t my preferred method of transportation. If I have to I will. When I do, I make it a priority to sit all the way in the back. why you may ask🤔
Ya ever hear of a plane backing up into a Mountain?😁
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I got into hot water on a flight once. I told my girlfriend if we crashed in water and I got killed, she should chuck a kid or two out first to test for sharks before deplaning. The big eared Karen behind us overheard me and took extreme exception.
 
APPilot said:
Used to fly at 45k and 47k in a Lear 45/GIV/EMB550. Pretty common altitude. LR60 didn’t like it. Coffin corner tiny. Felt like it was balanced on the head of a pin.
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have you ever flown a lear 24? that thing was like having a 454 in a chevette, but the worse thing was it didn't have reversers. it had a chute and only had to deploy it once. no fun repacking, but it was interesting.
 
TEXASforLIFE said:
have you ever flown a lear 24? that thing was like having a 454 in a chevette, but the worse thing was it didn't have reversers. it had a chute and only had to deploy it once. no fun repacking, but it was interesting.
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No. I wish! The 60 was fun. Bigger engines than the 55. Climbed like a homesick angel. In uncontrolled airspace in northern Michigan, took off without pax, cool day, planned too 12,500 to get clearance from Minneapolis departure. Pitch up, full power, gear up before we hit gear speed. Hit 10,500 FPM climb. Rocket ship.

Same tires and breaks as the 55. Contaminated runway distance max landing weight was 9300 feet. And it had TR’s.

(These runway numbers are approximate. Haven’t flown a 60 for 13 years)
 
I haven't flown since Dec 2017. Ironically, the best airlines IMO are from places where they don't promote our typical freedoms and cultural norms, such as Qatari, Emirates, Saudia, Etihad, etc. An honorable mention goes to British Airways because at the time, they were still flying 747s which had comfortable and spacious seats even in coach. My .02
 
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