Garmin Pilot disappointment

[Jackk]

2 minutes ago, LANCECASPER said:

He can't help himself from responding to nearly every post.

 

One of my favorite quotes:

“Perhaps you should occasionally allow yourself the luxury of an unexpressed thought.”
―William P. Barr 1850

Just calling out BS when I come across it.

[Andy95W]

2 hours ago, Jackk said:

 Yeah, got to skip over the lemurs and read the post to get the knowledge out of it.

 

 You shouldn’t be using memorization or a iPad on the approach if you have newish avionics 

 

 I’m sure all the private pilot captains will be along soon to tell me how it’s done 

Thank goodness you’re here to tell us what we were doing wrong all these years.

(PS- we do have a considerable number of current and former airline pilots here on MooneySpace.)

[midlifeflyer]

15 hours ago, Skates97 said:

Not sure why you're pulling me into this troll fest... I had to look back through the thread to see if I had commented. I sense some sarcasm in your post?

Good catch. 

[Jackk]

15 hours ago, Andy95W said:

Thank goodness you’re here to tell us what we were doing wrong all these years.

(PS- we do have a considerable number of current and former airline pilots here on MooneySpace.)

 You’re welcome

 

 Not so much as something wrong as something that could be better

 

 There isn’t really much of a PTS/ACS for EFB usage, and most CFIIs have next to zero real world experience, so their briefs and how they set up the office is going to be at best how to pass the test vs actually fly IMC.

 

 Recently had someone learning to fly on a factory glass panel, 3 axis AP, TOGA button etc, the II “teaching” instrument never used the TOGA button and recommend putting a inop sticker on the Garmin AP for the checkride, because it was “harder” if he could ask questions about the AP, which the II only really knew how to use for cruise flight.

 

 Never mind properly briefing an IAP lol

 

 Airline guys can be good, but for a single pilot plane you’d be better off with someone with professional experience flying single pilot IFR, it’s a bit of a different animal 

Edited December 30, 2025 by Jackk

[Hank]

1 hour ago, Jackk said:

... for a single pilot plane you’d be better off with someone with professional experience flying single pilot IFR, it’s a bit of a different animal 

You're right, we should all only fly our little planes Day VFR, and leave all that hard IFR stuff to you experienced, knowledgeable professional pilots.

And if the weather changes when we're on a trip, maybe we can hire one of you to fly us home?

[PT20J]

Give the man a watch.

 

[McMooney]

give up guys, obviously a troll

[Jackk]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

You're right, we should all only fly our little planes Day VFR, and leave all that hard IFR stuff to you experienced, knowledgeable professional pilots.

And if the weather changes when we're on a trip, maybe we can hire one of you to fly us home?

 Now where did I say that?

 

 I clearly said, and not even using big words, that quality training beyond what’s required to gets one’s ticket is a good idea.

 

 I gave a few basic tips on briefing ann approach and why one shouldn’t be messing with the iPad on a STAR/IAP  and was sadly met with quite a bit of resistance.

 

I never said to hire a pro, but guess that’s one option, my day rate is $2200.

 

[N201MKTurbo]

45 minutes ago, PT20J said:

Give the man a watch.

I’m pretty sure the Spitfire doesn’t have a TOGA button….

[redbaron1982]

56 minutes ago, Jackk said:

I gave a few basic tips on briefing ann approach and why one shouldn’t be messing with the iPad on a STAR/IAP  and was sadly met with quite a bit of resistance.

 

So, basically what you're saying is to print all STAR/IAP for all possible airports ahead of time? What about SIDs? 

[hammdo]

Ugh….

[McMooney]

give up guys, obviously a troll

[PT20J]

2 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

I’m pretty sure the Spitfire doesn’t have a TOGA button….

Well, that explains the tracers when I go missed in the Spit. Was certain it was a TOGA button. 

[Jackk]

1 hour ago, redbaron1982 said:

 

So, basically what you're saying is to print all STAR/IAP for all possible airports ahead of time? What about SIDs? 

 

[LANCECASPER]

I suspected from first his post on that he hadn't had his rabies shots.

[MikeOH]

Sadly, there are many here foaming at the mouth over this

Excuse me while I get more popcorn...

[Justin Schmidt]

On 12/29/2025 at 6:33 PM, Jackk said:

I’m sure all the private pilot captains will be along soon to tell me how it’s done 

Nobody gives a flying pig shit that you are an airline pilot...not the flex you think it is.

Some of us actually like flying and find peace there,  so not to make it a career.

Accept people do things differently than you based on what works for them. About every other post is you splurting over yourself, get over yourself. Go fly some big iron or get a girlfriend,  just take a break from here

[Jackk]

5 hours ago, Justin Schmidt said:

Nobody gives a flying pig shit that you are an airline pilot...not the flex you think it is.

Some of us actually like flying and find peace there,  so not to make it a career.

Accept people do things differently than you based on what works for them. About every other post is you splurting over yourself, get over yourself. Go fly some big iron or get a girlfriend,  just take a break from here

 What makes you think I currently fly 121?

I throughly enjoy flying, which is one of the reasons I own a couple of my own, and the reason my work flying money goes into my own flying 

 Got a woman and I’ve flown about the biggest iron you can.

 When it comes to poking a iPad during the approach phase of flight, that’s as much doing things different as not flying coordinated (if you have quasi modern avionics with altitudes), mostly it’s just from not having proper transition or initial training on said avionics 

[midlifeflyer]

6 hours ago, Justin Schmidt said:

Accept people do things differently than you based on what works for them. About every other post is you splurting over yourself, get over yourself.

That’s really the only place I see an issue here - the attitude that  “what’s best for me is the only right way. You are doing it wrong. Not because it doesn’t work, but because it’s not my way. ” I met one of those instructors for training when I was very wet behind the ears and  learned to avoid them like the plague after that. It took about a decade to fix what he broke.

[Jackk]

1 minute ago, midlifeflyer said:

That’s really the only place I see an issue here - the attitude that  “what’s best for me is the only right way. You are doing it wrong. Not because it doesn’t work, but because it’s not my way. ” I met one of those instructors for training when I was very wet behind the ears and  learned to avoid them like the plague after that.

 I understand what you’re saying, just depending on avionics it’s a mix between a OCD twitch and just not understanding systems.

 

 Having all the altitudes in your avionics (if so equipped) and looking at the iPad, it’s the same as checking your email on your phone 2nm from the FAF.   You’re adding more head movements, taking eyes off real avionics and the windows (if VMC), possibly draining the iPad battery if not plugged in, and for zero reason what so ever.

 

 Now just like flying with the ball half out of center in cruise, is it probably going to kill you..no, is it sloppy as hell and inefficient, yes

[midlifeflyer]

24 minutes ago, Jackk said:

 I understand what you’re saying, just depending on avionics it’s a mix between a OCD twitch and just not understanding systems.

 

 Having all the altitudes in your avionics (if so equipped) and looking at the iPad, it’s the same as checking your email on your phone 2nm from the FAF.   You’re adding more head movements, taking eyes off real avionics and the windows (if VMC), possibly draining the iPad battery if not plugged in, and for zero reason what so ever.

 

 Now just like flying with the ball half out of center in cruise, is it probably going to kill you..no, is it sloppy as hell and inefficient, yes

Sorry, but belief in one’s own infallibility is not a good character trait. An absolutely horrible one for an instructor. The equivalent of “it’s just wrong to have the approach plate in front of you when performing an approach, because I say so” is a pretty bad example of the type of thing that CFII did to me. Based on your posts, I can easily envision you doing that one too.

 

[Aaviationist]

There is a pilot around here with an IQ lower than 80, he’s a CFII and regularly flies single pilot IMC. 

[Jackk]

2 hours ago, midlifeflyer said:

Sorry, but belief in one’s own infallibility is not a good character trait. An absolutely horrible one for an instructor. The equivalent of “it’s just wrong to have the approach plate in front of you when performing an approach, because I say so” is a pretty bad example of the type of thing that CFII did to me. Based on your posts, I can easily envision you doing that one too.

 

 Where did I say I was infallible?   I didn’t.

 

Back when the FSDO did initial rides, often the ASI would insist on something for the ground that was incorrect, you have to correct them and stand by it, when this happened I thought the guy was just trying to be hard, but as time went on with students, and now this topic, it’s made sense.

 

 It’s not because “I say so”,  it’s because of the reasons I very clearly illustrated here…multiple times.

[redbaron1982]

56 minutes ago, Jackk said:

 Where did I say I was infallible?   I didn’t.

 

Back when the FSDO did initial rides, often the ASI would insist on something for the ground that was incorrect, you have to correct them and stand by it, when this happened I thought the guy was just trying to be hard, but as time went on with students, and now this topic, it’s made sense.

 

 It’s not because “I say so”,  it’s because of the reasons I very clearly illustrated here…multiple times.

You check all the boxes of a person that has all the hazardous attitudes and lack of ADM / CRM understanding.

[Aaviationist]

2 hours ago, Jackk said:

 Where did I say I was infallible?   I didn’t.

 

Back when the FSDO did initial rides, often the ASI would insist on something for the ground that was incorrect, you have to correct them and stand by it, when this happened I thought the guy was just trying to be hard, but as time went on with students, and now this topic, it’s made sense.

 

 It’s not because “I say so”,  it’s because of the reasons I very clearly illustrated here…multiple times.

It must be very frustrating when someone proves you wrong with facts, information, and regulations then you double down on your incorrect thinking rather than admit defeat. 
 

you can get a ppl with an iq below 80.