I work in the services industries, and as such am self-employed. Not having a single direct employer means that those I serve directly pay me. So it’s in everyone’s interest for me to provide the very best service possible by providing what was requested, or more, and establishing and maintaining accurate expectations. My “employer” doesn’t […]
Like many, I’ve had several Covid scares since February of 2020, together with some major life changes, including loss of parents/family, personal quarantine, career layoff and subsequent retirement. I was able to dodge the bullet until September of 2021, uninfected and unvaxxed. And then it caught up with me on September 20th. While early in […]
It has been said that the lights that burn the brightest and the hottest are the first to go out. Anyone who knew Matt saw that white-hot flame in him. Despite his health issues, which he never dwelt upon and seldom even spoke of, I never remembered him as anything but positive and upbeat, someone […]
In 2004, as an attempt to bolster a flagging General Aviation population, the FAA created the Sport Pilot classification of pilot certification. This allowed anyone with a valid driver’s license to earn and maintain flight privileges without the need to have a regular Class C medical certification from an FAA-approved Aviation Medical Examiner declaring that […]
caught ‘tween the tears of the poet and the peaceful bliss of the sleeping
Those who know me are aware that I frequently engage but try to apply critical thinking to all sorts of conspiracy theories. The term itself has a negative connotation, but some conspiracy theories are eventually proven as fact; just because it’s labeled a conspiracy theory doesn’t automatically negate its veracity. One can either blindly and […]
Well, here we go again…wondering if this is going to become an annual October ritual. Last Tuesday morning, I got up and wasn’t feeling too good, scratchy throat, mild fever, cough, sniffles, ya know, common cold stuff. As a precaution I took one of the rapid covid tests. 15 minutes, negative. Good. So I settled […]
If you had to sum up your philosophy of life, what would you say? I recently had a few correspondences with an old friend from school days who is going through some health issues. I spoke pretty matter-of-factly, and upon re-reading it, it struck me that this is probably closest to my current life philosophy […]
I suppose training as a pilot has benefited me much more than just learning how to get off of and back onto the ground safely in an airplane. Thank goodness that aviation safety is a major part of earning one’s wings these days. In pilot training we learn about accident chains and how to avoid […]
A major part of piloting an aircraft is Aeronautical Decision Making, or ADM. It’s what the FAA examiners have been focusing on in the past several years when granting pilot certificates. It has been a good move on the FAAs part, because the general aviation accident rate has steadily decreased in recent years. I had […]