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What a clever, clean setup

Beautifully done, Nathan!

On the topic of US/Canadian ATC differences, I loved 2 things on the occasional RL flight up to Canada:

1) Controllers saying “Roger” after pilot readbacks in flight. A little extra effort but lessens the risk that a pilot mishears the instruction and dials in the wrong course, altitude, etc.

2 ...

I let my Foreflight subscription expire as I transitioned from airplane ownership to sim addiction, and found the Navigraph Ultimate Package (includes Data + Charts) to be a far better value. Full Jeppesen approach and enroute for the entire world for 75 Euros per year, plus seamless integration ...

Not sure why nobody has replied to your reasonable questions so I will give it a try. Most of my RW experience is in the US but some outside.

In the US for flight levels, it is usually not necessary to plan a route entirely on airways. More important is a logical SID to get out and a logical STAR ...

Excellent videos Cristian!

One thing I do in preparing to copy clearance (as well as holding instructions), is to jot down a sort of template so that I can essentially fill in the blanks as ATC gives my clearance. For example, let's say we're flying from KPSP-KSFO. Knowing all clearances come in CRAFT format, I'll write on ...

Adding to the chorus of thank you messages... this was my first event as a relatively new PE pilot and it was a blast. Great job all involved - can't wait for the next!

Mike

jgoth I might recommend you add on the Western Region for a month or more and try some STARs in the Northwest, where terrain clearance requirements put single engine GA at higher altitudes and receiving a STAR assignment is not uncommon. Also we don’t use TEC routes up here.

For example you could ...

Raysot not to undermine your issue but purely as a contrasting data point to help with troubleshooting, I have had no issue hearing or understanding that controller (or any other). My headset is a $100 USB model, nice but not nearly as nice as yours. Certainly there is an accent but the phraseology ...

Over 1000 RW hours and 10,000 sim hours but I just committed a bad pilot deviation in my second week on PE.

Cleared KSEA visual 34R in a 737. Selected in the FMS but for some reason neglected to select the LOC course as backup for the visual. Mistake number 1.

Got the runway in sight but had a ...