- Joined
- Oct 30, 2003
- Messages
- 18,357
- Location
- Santa Maria, California
- Aircraft
- Givens Predator
- Total Flight Time
- 2600+ in rotorcraft
Responsibility.
Responsibility.
You response suggests to me you have completely missed my point.
I have found it best to take responsibility for my decisions and actions rather than blaming others for my mistakes. I see no value attempting to justify my decisions with nonsensical excuses.
FAR 91.3 and 91.7 make my responsibilities as pilot in command clear.
I see no reason to debate with you and you are welcome to take my observations personally.
I did not miss the intent of your questions.
I am a 65 year old, overweight one eyed brain injured Commercial Pilot, Rotorcraft, Gyroplane with over 1,600 hours of accident free, violation free rotorcraft flying in busy complex California airspace.
I had the FAA Western Region surgeon, several neurological specialists and several doctors involved in scheduling a demonstrated ability medical check ride with a designated examiner.
I fly with a statement of demonstrated ability and have a current medical.
I have doctors other than my AME involved in my health care.
I check my blood pressure weekly and check my pulse after ever air show performance as a part of my debrief. I check my pulse whenever I feel uneasy about a phase of flight.
I don’t fly when I am ill, on medication, stressed, tired or hungry. I don’t drink or use drugs.
I test my cognitive skills before each flight and work to identify and mitigate my TBI challenges.
Anyone who has flown with me knows of my challenges and has made them a part of their risk assessment.
I don’t “take children up at airshows”. They sit in the gyroplane on the ground as I describe what it feels like to fly a gyroplane. Their parents often take the children’s pictures.
Regards, Vance
Responsibility.
Agreed. My gyro wasn't safe because I didn't know what you knew and thus made foolish and underinformed choices. I now know to ask you first. Vance, to complement all the detail of your gyros' superlative mechanical condition, and your attentiveness to safety and your thoroughness in everything, please recount the rigorous medical testing for your 3rd or 2nd Class Medical Certificate before flying passengers around in busy/complex California airspace. Perhaps my health is not sufficient as PIC? I probably cannot know for sure, being so new at gyro flying. While the FAR will permit a 65 y/o one-eyed Sport pilot with brain-injury aphasia and poor short-term memory to fly on his DL "medical", such a conscientious pilot as yourself would naturally insist on a higher personal standard. Even though I'm as fit as a college student and have a 2nd Class Medical, I don't want to miss out on something crucial in retrospect. E.g., should we use multiple AMEs as you do A&Ps? Have a yearly CATscan? Check our BP monthly? Please describe your version of a responsible minimum health status we all should have before taking up children at fly-ins.
Stew Stau, thanks for the thumbs up.
Regards, Kolibri
You response suggests to me you have completely missed my point.
I have found it best to take responsibility for my decisions and actions rather than blaming others for my mistakes. I see no value attempting to justify my decisions with nonsensical excuses.
FAR 91.3 and 91.7 make my responsibilities as pilot in command clear.
I see no reason to debate with you and you are welcome to take my observations personally.
I did not miss the intent of your questions.
I am a 65 year old, overweight one eyed brain injured Commercial Pilot, Rotorcraft, Gyroplane with over 1,600 hours of accident free, violation free rotorcraft flying in busy complex California airspace.
I had the FAA Western Region surgeon, several neurological specialists and several doctors involved in scheduling a demonstrated ability medical check ride with a designated examiner.
I fly with a statement of demonstrated ability and have a current medical.
I have doctors other than my AME involved in my health care.
I check my blood pressure weekly and check my pulse after ever air show performance as a part of my debrief. I check my pulse whenever I feel uneasy about a phase of flight.
I don’t fly when I am ill, on medication, stressed, tired or hungry. I don’t drink or use drugs.
I test my cognitive skills before each flight and work to identify and mitigate my TBI challenges.
Anyone who has flown with me knows of my challenges and has made them a part of their risk assessment.
I don’t “take children up at airshows”. They sit in the gyroplane on the ground as I describe what it feels like to fly a gyroplane. Their parents often take the children’s pictures.
Regards, Vance