{"id":4408,"date":"2017-06-02T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.mechadigital.net\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:37:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T20:37:54","slug":"182-influence-one-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/182-influence-one-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"#182 The Influence of One Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI said what I meant and I meant what I said\u201d\u2026 says the elephant, \u201cHorton\u201d, in \u201cHorton Hatches the Egg\u201d by Doctor Seuss.<\/h3>\n

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Sometimes I think that Horton\u2019s wisdom should be heeded by all.\u00a0 I shall certainly heed it when I say that I will take on no more Private Pilot applicants (with only a very few exceptions).\u00a0 Because, like Horton, if I started someone, I\u2019m going to finish them.\u00a0 Why am I no longer recommending PPSEL applicants?\u00a0 Primarily because of the FAA and their abomination, IACRA (IACRA stands for Integrated Airman Certification and Rating Application, a fact I had to find through Google.\u00a0 FAA doesn\u2019t disclose that).<\/h3>\n

I will finish those who I started, including signing their 8710-1 forms on IACRA.\u00a0 I will start certain private applicants, primarily in the Cessna 140 or other tailwheel aircraft.\u00a0 Do I feel bad about this decision?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Because, by quitting, I\u2019m leaving some people to the clutches of the Acme Flying School, which will fill their heads with misconceptions, including \u201cStep on the ball\u201d, and \u201cDon\u2019t make steep turns close to the ground\u201d, not to mention their teaching of incremental flap extension and power reduction.\u00a0 They will carry those misconceptions with them for the rest of their flying careers and sometimes to the end of their lives, some of which will end as a result.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry.\u00a0 On the good side, most of the primaries I started will be able to fly with Outlaw\u2019s new CFI, Same Monte, who is an imaginative young guy who will do well.\u00a0 He\u2019s very thorough and those he recommends will, no doubt, be far more ready for a checkride than those I would sign off. \u00a0He’s joined by Walt Lasecki, about who’s ground schools I hear raves!<\/h3>\n

What am I going to do with all that time I save?\u00a0 I\u2019m going to heed the call which has been pulling at me for years.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to work with my colleague and friend, Bert Garrison, to produce videos of which we both can be proud.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to finish the books I\u2019ve started, including \u201cSwoop\u201d, \u201cSwoop 2\u201d, \u201cEscape from Hollywood\u201d and \u201cAirshow Pilot\u201d.\u00a0 And I\u2019m going to continue to teach tailwheel and fundamental precision flying, providing only endorsements and no PPSEL recommendations for checkrides.<\/h3>\n

Some people will lose because of this decision on my part, but it\u2019s my hope that thousands will benefit (Hey, I said it was \u201cmy hope\u201d!).\u00a0 Although there will undoubtedly be an effect on the articles and videos which appear on the Tailwheeler\u2019s Journal, it won\u2019t be for a while and I think it will be minor.\u00a0 More important is the fact that there will be more books, articles and videos to help slake the thirst for more which so many fliers have.<\/h3>\n

And it took the actions of a very ethical cartoon elephant to move me to act.<\/h3>\n

Your understanding is appreciated.<\/h3>\n

Brian<\/em><\/h1>\n

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