Rotor and Tailplane

This will be of interest to new and recently qualified pilots. Personally I think the time requirements are over the top, but I agree with the requirement for First Officers to be type rated. http://atwonline.com/atw-china/news/congress-overhauls-pilot-certification-requirements-ups-minimum-1500-hr-0730

  Some simple but very true facts of aviation.     Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist, the parachute.  If helicopters are so safe, how come there are no vintage helicopter fly-ins?     Death is just nature's way of telling you to watch your airspeed.     Real planes use only a single stick to fly.     This is why bulldozers & helicopters -- in that order -- need two.          There are only three things the copilot should ever say:      1. Nice landing, Sir.      2. I'll buy the first round.      3. I'll take the fat one.          As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will.            a. One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight.            b. One day you will walk out to the aircraft not knowing that it is your last flight.         There are Rules and there are Laws.  The Rules are made by men who think that they know

      Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist, the parachute.  If helicopters are so safe, how come there are no vintage helicopter fly-ins?     Death is just nature's way of telling you to watch your airspeed.     Real planes use only a single stick to fly.     This is why bulldozers & helicopters -- in that order -- need two.          There are only three things the copilot should ever say:      1. Nice landing, Sir.      2. I'll buy the first round.      3. I'll take the fat one.          As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will.            a. One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight.            b. One day you will walk out to the aircraft not knowing that it is your last flight.         There are Rules and there are Laws.  The Rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you.  Law