sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
I read about this FAA SAFO this morning in AOPA's email blast. As an instructor, I have always felt that it was important for students (and pilots on flight review) to spend some time in MCA (minimum controllable airspeed) rather than "slow flight". According to recent changes, slow flight has just gotten a lot faster. A lot of us are not flying new airplanes, and a lot of us don't have stall warning horns. Does this mean you can only learn to fly in a plane with a stall horn?
I don't necessarily disagree that the sound of the stall horn should make a pilot get really serious. I was with a pilot recently who's improperly setup autopilot tried to maintain altitude on an instrument approach causing the stall warning to go off (it was VFR, just practice), the pilot did not react as quickly as I would have liked to this situation and maybe a greater respect of the stall horn than many of us have is important in training new pilots.
I am interested to hear what others think.
sj
I don't necessarily disagree that the sound of the stall horn should make a pilot get really serious. I was with a pilot recently who's improperly setup autopilot tried to maintain altitude on an instrument approach causing the stall warning to go off (it was VFR, just practice), the pilot did not react as quickly as I would have liked to this situation and maybe a greater respect of the stall horn than many of us have is important in training new pilots.
I am interested to hear what others think.
sj