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Originally Posted by Yariv
not right after takeoff, but at 1701' AGL!  if you do it right after takeoff and lose an engine you won't clear obstacles!
now I'm just being annoying. and I was, and am not, in the training department.
you haven't explained what's wrong with what I said, or what's wrong with the analogy... |
the wipers are common sense............and I guess you could argue that engine lip air is common sense too and that everybody should be doing it. But I want to know how many people actually do this every time the conditions warrent vs how many people turn on the wipers in the rain. I never use ENG air in flight, and curiosity is the only reason I brought this up. Maybe you are a better pilot than the rest of us, who knows. Hell, not flying into a mountain in mexico is common sense, having engough fuel is common sense, taking off on the correct runway is common sense, and everyone is aware that many people died in the face of common sense. This is the exact reason that laws and procedures are designed. If common sense were enough, CFIT wouldn't exist. Lexington would never have happened and one of our crews wouldn't have missed a mountain in mexico by 200ft. Point is, if you think that avoiding engine lip ice is a pilot responsibility, maybe it should be alluded to in a manual or some training somewhere. And if it is NOT an issue, my origional question is why?