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NIFE Flight Phase Recap

elariosa95 said:
the new syllabus also took away aerobatics from the contacts block, so the new solos basically just go up to the working areas and do G-warms until they're satisfied and then do their pattern work
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Super bummer. There was nothing better than defending Padre Island from the evil aviators of the Neuces Air Force (or whatever you imagined).
 
Griz882 said:
Super bummer. There was nothing better than defending Padre Island from the evil aviators of the Neuces Air Force (or whatever you imagined).
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Nothing better than rolling out of a loop half complete due to a Cessna trucking through your block at co altitude.... while you also dealt with accidentally flipping the displays into night mode and having a mini panic attack. Seems this scenario is getting VERY specific.
 
As much as military aviation bemoans GA, I will say that we don't always have the other side's perspective. A prime example is the Pelican Working Area over at KNSE (North Whiting). The Pensacola North MOA (10K-FL180) is published on VFR sectional charts and there is also A-292 that indicates intense rotary and fixed-wing training operations from SFC-17.5k. The FWOP has the Pelican Working Area directly under the Pensacola North MOA. However, that is a TAW-5 published working area, not special-use airspace. It is not published on the charts and neither is the common frequency (also not published on the chart). So the perfectly reasonable and safe VFR pilot could unknowingly blast thru the Pelican and be perfectly legal in doing so. It isn't illegal to fly under a MOA (or thru one VFR for that matter) or an Alert Area.

Also, when military aircraft operate in the vicinity of a high-density training airports (think of airfields with big flight schools), we should ask if that is best place for our training and if we are the obstacle and not them. It is the same as a Cessna flying into an OLF and kicking everyone to the Delta. It isn't illegal, but sure is annoying.

There are plenty of Cessna Bobs and Joe BMW drivers tooling around in their Cirrus flying purely on automation and cash, but I think sometimes we can be better citizens in the National Airspace System or at least more aware/understanding of other players and ATC's role. The world is bigger than our cockpit.
 
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