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Returning to the earlier item. Why would this cost any more for a carrier than it already does? The carriers that fly internationally comply with the ICAO items now. So why would them doing so in order to fly internationally increase their costs? If they were doing so without the government...

So let’s parse that bit a bit further. If the mafia tells you as a store owner that you need to pay their protection demands or they will break your kneecaps and you fail to pay them one month and say they are going to break your kneecaps - then that is not a threat because they clearly told you...

Certainly there are a few things to consider in that comment, but let’s start with this one. Consider what would happen if you started a small commercial flight operation but failed to comply with some of the many FAA regulations covering such operations and simply ignored all attempts at...

Is there anything in my proposal which would prevent carriers who wish to fly internationally from voluntarily complying with other countries regulations or international standards? Or even forming their own agency for certification to such standards if they wish to do so? The big advantage...

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2024/august/14/abrupt-flight-school-closure-impacts-students

Haha, not likely. In terms of long term goals I would want to get the government completely out of the aviation business except for items that involve force or fraud. So prosecuting air piracy - yes. Regulating who can fly where on what sort of equipment - no. If it were up to me, one of the...

Richard, I am working now on finishing up my CFII. It is turning out to be more work than I anticipated because I am learning to fly the SR20, the G1000 panel, and having to become more proficient in my instrument flying. I will likely be flying up that way a few times a year. It is a long...

I think a blanket statement like in that article is of course going to be an over-generalization. Nearly any new regulation will have its desired and intended outcomes and the unintended consequences. Certainly there were pluses to the pre 78 regulations and the CAB. The question is always -...

Richard, I have flown in that area. Where did you pass over the mountain range between Afton and these points east?

I have recovered from flat spins - it was part of aerobatic training. Certainly you have to make more severe measures. And you are correct, what one can do in an aerobatic biplane may not apply. I am not sure that a flat spin can even be recovered from in this aircraft though given the heavy...

I think the cartelization was created long before. Remember how the CAB actually set rates and controlled who could fly which routes? The 1978 act was a step in the right direction, but did not go far enough. Whenever an industry is heavily regulated, that favors large players and inhibits...

My suspicion would be they did not react quickly enough. As he mentions, the weight of the two engines outboard increases the moment of inertia which produces a flatter spin. You have to stop the rotation with the rudder which must overpower the rotational inertia. Have you done any spins and...

I think we need to end the airline cartel, not strengthen it. https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-delays-cancellations-passenger-airlines-air-travel-rights-refunds-fees-2024-8

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2024/08/12/the-countess-who-crossed-hitler

61 fatalities - RIP From the NYT - https://archive.ph/ZH2jH#selection-4915.0-4915.19 ASN - https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/409335 Video - Terrifying spin.

I will look forward to your further thoughts when you are back. I must confess I see nothing in those articles which I would think of as data and analyses. Now maybe I missed them but I suspect there is a real disconnect in understanding here. I would say those contain some goals and...

I will have a look. I just did my first search on scholar.google.com with keywords "effect of icao regulation on airline safety". There are quite a few hits (25000) though the titles don't necessarily look terribly promising to me in terms of real data and analysis. I will do my usual...

I do trust that is your experience and considered view. But I guess what I wonder is what sort of real data and analysis is there about this in aviation? In general there is a large academic literature on the effects of regulation on business segments. And a rather good case is made by the...

Does it strike anyone else that Foreflight is reaching the point of feature glut and UI overload? More and more like Microsoft. I guess this is what one expects when a small innovative company is acquired by a behemoth. I have seen it happen many times with programs and hardware. A New...

Oh dear … well it does show the advantage of having multiple options. https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/08/03/nasa-is-evaluating-all-options-for-bringing-home-astronauts-stranded-in-space/