Polarized Sunglasses
03-16-2009, 08:39 AM
#51
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Ahhh, surprise surprise - a cutting, acidic post from Mason32.
I've been wearing them while flying for 10 years. And driving. And sitting on the beach. And hiking. And every other phase of life. I've flown over the Caribbean wearing them and the desert southwest. They have not had any impact on my vision at all - not one iota. Just because they color the windshield a little purple on a few planes doesn't mean I can't see out of it. Not any worse than the cracks that populate the windshields of the majority of planes I fly. Its a very faint purple color that causes no impairment.
Furthermore, See & Avoid is BS and I don't know many airline pilots that could argue otherwise. I've been in the jumspeat of a hell of a lot of airlines on a hell of a lot of equipment - and 99% of the time the seats go back and the magazines come out. We heavily rely on radar and TCAS - I doubt seriously that my sunglasses are an impediment to airline safety.
Its about as serious a safety problem as wearing non-TSO'd headsets while flying. I've done that too.
I'm sure Mason32 follows every rule written in his FOM and set forth by the FAA without violation. The bulk of the rest of us aren't as conscientious.
Experience has shown me that my sunglasses are safe and effective.
Thanks for the attitude, I needed it.
I've been wearing them while flying for 10 years. And driving. And sitting on the beach. And hiking. And every other phase of life. I've flown over the Caribbean wearing them and the desert southwest. They have not had any impact on my vision at all - not one iota. Just because they color the windshield a little purple on a few planes doesn't mean I can't see out of it. Not any worse than the cracks that populate the windshields of the majority of planes I fly. Its a very faint purple color that causes no impairment.
Furthermore, See & Avoid is BS and I don't know many airline pilots that could argue otherwise. I've been in the jumspeat of a hell of a lot of airlines on a hell of a lot of equipment - and 99% of the time the seats go back and the magazines come out. We heavily rely on radar and TCAS - I doubt seriously that my sunglasses are an impediment to airline safety.
Its about as serious a safety problem as wearing non-TSO'd headsets while flying. I've done that too.
I'm sure Mason32 follows every rule written in his FOM and set forth by the FAA without violation. The bulk of the rest of us aren't as conscientious.
Experience has shown me that my sunglasses are safe and effective.
Thanks for the attitude, I needed it.
There is no reg requiring you to check the fuel for contamination, but you do it don't you.... there is plenty of documentation supporting the problems polarizing lenses can create, but you choose to ignore them because you know better...
enough said.
03-16-2009, 08:56 PM
#52
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Hey Mason32, you sound just like an instructor I had at FSI in Houston. Is that you? C'mon now! BTW, there IS a reg requiring you to check for fuel contamination. It falls under having gotten ALL available pre-flight information before a flight. Wouldn't you want to know that info ahead of time before you go wheels up? Before the engines quit? Gotcha!
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