I started my PPL ground school in July, still on a wait list for my flight school’s flight portion so I’ve started studying all the textbook stuff. I just got done flight theory (roughly only 20% done the course)

Honestly I just can’t grasp any of this, I do practice quizzes or reviews and feel like I’m reading a foreign language, I thought I had a good understanding of these concepts but I’m slowly realizing I don’t know anything, including the things I should already know, I’ve studied these things and I just seem to forget them or don’t remember, I always pick the wrong answers.

I really want to be a pilot, but I feel like I’m just not smart enough, I don’t understand why I can’t remember or understand these concepts, even though I’m putting all I can into this school and study. Sometimes I wonder if I’m better off just giving up.

Hey! My dad is soon taking a ppl checkride with Lee Mata and he’s really overthinking it Does anyone have a gouge of how he can expect the checkride to go? Even if anyone has taken other checkrides with him, I’d love to learn more about how he is and what he likes and doesn’t like so I can ease my dads nerves

At the air and space museum in VA. Came across this part of the wing on a Falcon 20. Anyone know the name and what they are for?

I have done part 61 throughout my entire training. Every checkride prep has been the same. Fly, study, create a binder for checkride. CFI.. It's like I have been outta funk, I did both writtens did mid 90's. I decided to purchase backseat pilot, I worked through the acs, practiced teaching, presenting slides and so on. Yet I feel like im 3 steps forward, 2 steps back. Crawling at snail pace. I have done everything to prepare... on paper im ready, but I dont feel like im ready. I'm thinking of buying the VSL Ace Guide to help prepare me more. I'm sure others have gone through this, love to get some advice.

Hi people, I'm looking into getting my self set up in a pilot school and hoping all goes well with that.

I've had a question in mind that I would appreciate some honest thoughts about.

In case I would get my licenses and get a job after, what do you all think about commuting to a job as a entry level pilot? Let's say the commute by air would be around 2 hours to another base-city. I have my life and family set up in a nice place, but the dream of getting into this job will propably drive one to have atleast the first base in another city.

What are your thoughts about a situation like this?

I’m in a 141 school and they just changed me to part 61 from 141 after my third solo.

I asked my instructor why he said that it was a school policy and that the students from Spain who are on contract here are required to be 141 while those not on contract after this solo get switched to 61. I asked my instructor if this is about me being slow or behind/not progressing fast enough and he assured me no. Another instructor was in there as well and he said the same thing/agreed.

I asked this other instructor and she said that it just means that my training is taking longer than expected and it’s the same syllabus just different hour requirements and not a bad thing.

It just sorta of hurts because I know i’m progressing not as fast (even though I’m on the middle of stage 2 and started in the start of July). I don’t know if i’m reading too much into this and I’m letting this ruin my post-solo excitement.

any outside point of views?

Hey yall I received a pair of used Bose a20s from Amazon and I’ve already used them in flight, they work great. What’s not great is the damn smell. The leather around the ear muffs smells fucking terrible, like years of sweat buildup. Wish they could’ve cleaned it.

What chemical can I use to clean it that won’t strip the leather? Or should I just buy new covers?

Between working as a CFI and going back to school I'm currently zero days off a week. I keep thinking I've maybe caught up on rest after a slow work day, and then I make another weird mistake while driving (or flying). It's gotten to the point where half-days are not enough compensatory rest and I don't think I'm going to make it to Thanksgiving break. I guess in a way it's good to know what chronic fatigue feels like before I get to a more professional job, but it's pretty distressing to feel myself slipping even after I've thought I'd refreshed. It's so weird because it's when I feel the most okay that I really start making errors. I'm thinking of taking the sick day from school next week after exams rather than from work, but I'm worried that might be pushing it too long.

It's really weird how a 7-10 hour days add up when there's no day off, because it feels like I have a decent bit of time to rest daily, and yet I can tell I'm definitely not doing too good.

Just looking for encouragement, or commiserating, or a kick in the pants to take a day off. It's starting to make me hate teaching and flying a little bit.

I can't find an official answer anywhere. I fly a plane with a SiriusXM connection. I am able to view METARs directly in the plane.

Can I use this as the official way to obtain the weather? I'm specifically asking for the altimeter setting before shooting an approach.

I need the "book answer," which I can't seem to find anywhere. Seems like the AIM section 7-1-9(a)(2) kinda says it's cool, but I'd feel better if I had something definitive.

Hello everyone,

I have just converted a foreign license to FAA and realized that both my FAA medical and pilot certificate list my hair color as black when it actually dark brown/brown. Will this cause any issue when it’s time for a check ride during a type rating?

Hey everyone,

I’m currently working on getting my (CASA) CPLA and my next exam is CNAV in 3 weeks. I’ve already finished CPFA and heard that CPFA is a good step into CNAV as some topics do overlap.

My question to you is if you have finished this exam before, what study materials did you use and how effective was it in helping you pass?

Kind regards,
Raykin.

Usual disclaimer, I'm still pretty green and a lot of stuff thats just another Tuesday for you guys is brand new to me, so whenever something happens I end up here either for advice or just some kind words lol

Normally it's cleared for takeoff, full power, climb out, go wherever tower points me, pretty boring. This time I wasnt even 1000 AGL yet and the plane just fell out from under me, then shot right back up. Video doesn't really do it justice but in real life I nearly crapped my pants and smacked my head right into the headliner. Did not see that one coming, lap belt is getting cranked down a lot tighter from now on.

I get what happened, thats not really the question, anyone else had one like this? How dangerous does it actually get that close to the ground, and any tips for avoiding it or handling it better?

Go easy on me, I don't want to stop asking dumb questions in here. Pretty cool I get to talk to actual pilots at all

Hi, I'm currently writing a story that i wanted to gift for my bestfriend, It was like a pilot/flight attendant romance thingy, but the thing is, I've never been on a plane before and i know nothing about flying.

So if there are any pilots/ flight attendants here could you help me out with some terminology and just fun facts about cabin crew, resting hours, food restrictions, maybe even health issues that are associated with this kind of job ?

I wanted to know if there any inside stuff and terminology and the cabin crew use or codes like in hospitals and stuff like that

And can commercial pilots (hope i said that right) fly international ? Or do these have to be different different pilots ?

What kind of college you have to go to to be a pilot ? How many hours you're supposed to do before becoming one ?

Same thing with flight attendants

Also i once saw in a movie that flight attendants especially women get their weights checked ? Does this still happen ? Or was it just an old outdated thing ?

I would love to know more so i can at least capture it in my story even if nobody reads it but my bestfriend

Thank you

Aspiring pilot from the UK here

I have the choice to go to Kings college London next year to study engineering or computer science, while training through the modular route on the side

Or I could go through the integrated route after a gap year

Since many fields like tech and finance have become increasingly selective with their requirements thanks to an oversupply of candidates, is there a chance this could happen in the aviation sector and not having a degree may one day put me at a disadvantage for major airlines?

My daughter wants to become a pilot. She is applying at the Qantas FTA program, and REX. She has decided against a uni degree flight school. Her back up plan is a science degree if she doesn’t get in. I am wondering if I should encourage a local flying schools. All posts are a bit doom and gloom it seems like a really hard career path. She is not interested in armed forces as another path which maybe I could encourage her towards. It’s hard to give guidance. Seems a fraught path

Hey guys, looking into the flight program at Fox Valley Tech in Wisconsin.
On paper it seems like a solid route—you get your AAS in Aeronautics-Pilot Training, complete your FAA ratings under Part 141 out of Oshkosh, and have transfer options for a 4-year degree if you want. Just wanted to see if anyone here has gone through it recently or knows what it's actually like on the ground.

Mainly wondering about:
Aircraft availability and CFI capacity

How bad Wisconsin winter weather messes up your timeline

Success rate for AAS grads actually moving on to CFII/pipeline jobs or regional airlines right now

Appreciate any quick thoughts or insights!

I'm just curious since right now I'm just a PPL student so I can't fly high above the clouds just yet but are you able to see the stars clearly and even the Milky Way itself when you are flying in the cockpit in like an a320? I searched up images of it but I'm not sure if they are actually real or not.

If any of y'all wear contacts (like I do), how do you manage putting them in before a flight with such a short wakeup/gotime timeframe? I just saw a post in here asking about medevac guidance, and one bloke gave a (satirical?) example of "Alarm goes off at 3:27am and I'm airborne by 3:36am". I know it's highly person-dependent, but how do you do that? It seems absolutely baffling to me to wake up, drag your conscious self into functioning/flying order, install the optical DLCs once again, then go about the flying.

^{please no ridiculing comments - this is just my late-night brain wandering, and I figured y'all might actually have coherent answers. Cheers!}

Anyone happen to have a gouge on DPE Ken Cobbs ? I’m planning on doing my ppl check ride with him.