Recently I had the chance to try out a pair of Bose Aviation X Headsetsfor a month. I had never tried a Bose Headset simply because I was very satisfied with my Sennheiser headset. But when the chance came up to try a pair, I thought, well, why not?
So I called Bose and they shipped me a pair. They were professional and very helpful, they asked me a few questions and then sent me a pair of Bose Aviation Headset X for my use.
Here are a few things that I learned along the way:
+ Bose has been involved in aviation for over 20 years.
+ Bose continues to sell the most aviation headsets than ANY other producer.
+ Bose headsets really provide great noise reduction, clearer audio, and a comfortable fit.
+ Bose headsets are fully certified to FAA TSO standards.
Occasionally, ATC may ask for something that you or your airplane are incapable of doing.
Here are a few examples:
Your airplane isn’t capable of climbing/descending at a rate that ATC needs.
Your airplane is going as fast/slow as it can already.
ATC may ask you to take a vector that will put you in weather that you aren’t capable of flying in such as clouds or icing.
The CRJ-200 is an example of not being able to climb. On a hot day, with full load of passengers, bags, and fuel around 25,000 feet it can only climb at 500 feet per minute.
If ATC asks us to make a certain flight level in so many minutes, my response is usually, “Unable!”
If you have been following this blog, you will know that I am totally for multiple streams of income. If you think that flying is going to get you through to the end, then I hope you will consider what I’m going to say.
Flying is a precarious occupation.
If you fail a checkride, fail your medical, get seriously ill, or get violated by the FAA then you are out on the street looking for a job. One unfortunate mistake on your part and you have very little recourse.
That is why I advocate having an “ace” up your sleeve. I have this blog which make me money and there are a few other things that I do that make me money as well. One of them is this program I’m about to tell you about. I’ve run multiple websites for some time. I learned it all from Adam and Alen of Niche Profit Classroom. All my websites generate income for me which really helps at the end of the month.
Recently United Airlines got a huge, viral slap in the face when they broke a musician’s guitar and failed to acknowledge his lose and to compensate him for it. As a response, the owner of the guitar, Dave Carroll, a Canadian musician responded by creating a music video about it. In true YouTube fashion, this video spread throughout the Internet proving that social media yet again can have a huge impact.
Being a pilot isn’t about just getting your certificates and ratings. These are really just tickets to learn. Even now, after thousands of hours in single-engine airplanes and the CRJ, I am still learning. Sometimes it’s little things but sometimes it is really big things like this book:
I found that I had gotten into a rut on my instrument flying. That is pretty easy to do when you fly for an airline. Flight Dispatch plans your flight, tells you the weather, and whether or not there is a chance to divert. Pretty easy stuff. You just have to manage the in-between stuff. Then one day the company decided to implement GPS approaches. Why we hadn’t done it sooner, I don’t know. GPS approaches are efficient and in many cases can get you down to 200 feet above ground level (AGL) which is equivalent to a Category I ILS approach. Of course I understood the basics of GPS but my knowledge was behind on the mechanics of the GPS approach.
Recently I had the chance to try out a pair of Bose Aviation X Headsets for a month. I had never tried a Bose Headset simply because I was very satisfied with my Sennheiser headset. But when the chance came up to try a pair, I thought, well, why not?
