As a 26,000 hour airline captain, and with about 20,000 of that flying "heavies" up to and including the 747-400, love your work and professionalism. Great video, very nicely put together, great work! The only other thing I can add of course is that back when I was flying GA, I'd love to have had all those modern aids. I was flying single pilot IFR in Barons, Chieftains, and a Cheyenne III with no such gear, all just navaid to navaid, and paper charts, and sometimes out bush in outback Australia, purely visual navigation (ie: no navaids available), and I loved every second of it!! Those were the days :-), the best flying I ever did. Keep up your good work!
I really appreciate your narration throughout these videos. It might seems mundane to you but I find it fascinating to see everything you have to do while flying.
Great video. Planing ahead, not overextending your limits, having multiple approaches set up for "just in case" - GOOD stuff. True ambassador for general aviation. Keep up the awesome work.
Hi there Steve, I'm an AME and GP in Holland. I follow your video vlogs for some time now. I agree with the other comments and applaud your efforts for being the best possible advocate for aviation. Yes, your message even reaches as far as Holland. In fact, your videos and the way you bring a professional swag for piloting, it inspired me to follow up on a life long childhood dream: becoming a pilot. Ofcourse, for me it wouldn't be commercial, but hey, it's also for the fun and to experience a bit of what pilots go through, which again, helps me bound with my work as an aeromedical examiner, in Alkmaar, Holland. Keep up the tremendous good work, and keep posting those incredibly fun and educational videos. Sincerely, Marcel van Philips, MD
Hey Steve, in my opinion, if every GA pilot out there watched your video and saw how you were willing to change your destination without hesitation, there would be measurably less tragic incidences caused by fuel and/or weather issues in the future.
That moment when watching a random flying video and the aircraft is departing the runway, you spot the 3 DC-3s that are the fleet of Missionary Flights International that you have ridden from their base to Haiti and back 6 years ago :) Lovely to see those old stately gooneys still providing help and hope all over the Caribbean. Great video and thoroughly enjoyable.
Great flight Steve, gotta say the Hamptons isn't the worst place to divert to! Hope everything works out with this recent FAA deal and your videos. You're one of the best representatives we've got for aviation on TH-cam. Everything I've seen from you is always professional and top notch.
Critical Angle Ok. I have to admit, I'm ignorant to what you're talking about. What FAA deal, and how's it going to have an impact on his vids? Genuinely curious.
From his post on FB: Steveo1kinevo July 29 at 3:23am *"This week the FAA decided they are coming at me and want to shut down my TH-cam channel over certain criteria. I need your help to keep this going! I love you guys and want to keep sharing my content with you. We will succeed!!!"* 490 comments as of this post 8/4/17 10:30est
Really appreciate your videos as they are entertaining, informative and educational. The best part is that you talk to your audience, identifying and reinforcing (perhaps to you also), the important issues as the flight sequences through its progression to the destination.
Great video, made me feel like I was right in the cockpit! Special treat was going into East Hampton as I lived on Eastern L.I. for most of my life and have flown into every airport on L'I.
Great video displaying some serious pilotage skills. It's not just, "stick and rudder" but some single pilot ADM too, great job managing your flight from start to finish. Impressive.
Another great video SteveO, im 49yrs old and only flew 1 time back in 2013. I'm definitely not a pilot but you have sparked my interest in flying. I believe I could fly a plane but Idk if I could catch on to the flight lingo. LoL! So keep puttin out the videos and I'll keep smashing the "like" button. Take care, fly safe!!! SteveO.
You're a pro. Very smooth and focused. I lived in East Hampton for many years going back to the 1970s. It has changed a lot since then. Although always a farming and fishing community, artists, movers and shakers, and then Hollywood moved in. Since then all hell broke loose driving prices and house size ever and ever higher. That golf course you looked down on was the famous Maidstone Club whose members include many recognizable family names, including the Bouviers, Jackie Kennedy's parents. I used to fly in and out of East Hampton and recognized your approach off the ocean.
Great airplane and video. Nicely done while being completely safe. Aviate, navigate, communicate. You did all of that. As far as deviating around weather, we have asked for 10 left and right for the next 100 miles and normally approved. In other words, deviate as necessary (10 left or right) without unnecessary communication and then let them know when you are direct to your fix. And as always, cut the corner when you can.
I have never seen a single video of Steve's in which any concentration was lost. In fact, him talking through the procedures probably helps his concentration even more. Maybe the FAA think other pilots might not be able to handle it with such virtuosity. In other words this is about setting examples rather than Steve's skills. Some people are very good at multitasking and Steve is clearly one of them. FAA should use INTELLIGENCE on a case by case basis, but I doubt intelligence is their greatest strength.
Nice vid, as a new VFR pilot just starting to study for instrument rating, I found it very interesting. Your commentary about your airmanship and CRM tasks reminds me of flying with an instructor. Also very nice ADM with the weather/fuel diversion, you made it seem painless. It was a great example for other pilots. Great job and thanks!
Another great video Steveo! Can you maybe do a video where you show exactly how you plan for a flight, from route planning, fuel planning, checking the weather for your route, checking aircraft performance and filing your flight plan. Also would like to see more of the use of the IFR plates on Foreflight!! Keep up the great work Steveo!!
I think you should consider tuning the radar on for takeoff. Once you're airborne it's a little late to find out it isn't going to work today. Just a suggestion.
pumpkindog1 my only comment on that was the range of his Radar can’t give you the long distance weather and also on the iPad the weather app would give you weather for whatever area you wished BUT that’s only showing the 5-10 min ago picture. You can’t really tell how a flight is going to work out as when he got in the air he ad to make deviations and you never know what altitude you will be given or the the condition of the various wind layers at those altitudes. At the start he was good to go, and still was reasonably safe to carry on to his original destination, but he didn’t want to take the risk as the probability of complex traffic at his destination could of put him in a stack waiting to land, wasting more time and gas which I believe was his main decision to reroute
Very professionally and focused! I just got my private pilot license and watching this video is inspiring for a future commercial pilot one day. As a retired military myself, and now a private pilot looking forward to a journey as the one you took from Florida to Mass with the diversion to NY. Awesome video segment with safety and concerns on all your passenger on board.
Awesome flight steve, the weather in Florida was heavy with rain as you departed and you managed the weather quite well. Whatever the issue the FAA has with you, you`ll get it sort out, you always show level of professionalism when you fly and it shows, keep up the good work and make more videos.
I dread flying commercial airlines! If the pilots were like this guy who lets you know what's going on........it would go a far way in making me more comfortable. To make me most comfortable, I want to fly right seat with my head phones. Very nice video and I hope you train others to be as attentive and sharp as yourself. This is refreshing to watch and listen. Well done.......
Outstanding example of many aspects of quality airmanship, especially helped by your narration.This video is quite instructive, and could serve as teaching material for single pilot ifr,crm,etc. Congrats on a nicely done video.
You're a great Pilot Steve. From a fellow pilot in Australia, well done, and good luck with the FAA. I hope you can keep doing what you, and us viewers love.
Yeah I often think of that. The TBM is such a great plane with an amazing 1730 NM reach, but with no bathroom, that is risky. I see that they have an optional one to have put in, but that takes away allot of space, and two of the seats.
Steve...something that I have done to one of my GO-Pro cases is to cut a hole in it over the power port on the camera. By doing this, you can put your charger chord into the camera power port thru the side of the case and then plug the other end into a 12 volt lighter plug. Your camera is inside so it doesnt matter about not being water proof. I have been doing this for about a year on my motorcycle and it works perfect...my batteries never die. Put your camera in the case and close it. Take a sharpie and draw a square on the case slightly larger than the power port. Then take a small drill bit with a variable speed drill and drill on the lines you just drew on the case. Once you get the cut out made, you can use a small hand file to smooth it out and your are set...no more dead batteries. PM me if you need help.
I had a fraternity brother and some of his family die in the Egypt Air 990 crash. A sad day. Thanks for your service and for the videos! Cheers from KILM!
A real pleasure watching your video. Beautiful pictures, appreciate you walking us through the instruments and sharing your rationale for your choices.
Steve, whatever happens please remember that you are a Top Shelf Class Act, and have NEVER been anything but Professional, Informative and very, very Responsible! Whatever the FAA has to challenge you on, I hope your response includes a review of your Videos here on this channel as well as the many, many Positive and Supportive Comments by all of the other Complimentary and Experienced Pilots who endorse your efforts here. Please 'Keep the Faith' and Keep the 'Great Vibes' and Awesome Videos coming!
Thanks, I didn't expect to stayfor the whole flight but I really enjoyed all of it. TBM's land at our airport every so often, beatiful plane. Hope to get wings one day, though it's quite a hard dream to make true.
Just in case people are interested, this is the report about the RAF Voyager incident that might be part of the FAAs issue with Steve : www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-incident-involving-voyager-zz333-on-9-february-2014
Thanks for the ride. I can't find words to describe how impressed I am that you handled ALL of that while also keeping us entertained and informed. BZ.
Steve1kinevo- It takes a lot of imagination to guess at what the FAA has against your channel. (Is this going to be another notorious instance like the FAA vendetta against Bob Hoover?) There is a pilot shortage in the US, pilot certification is prohibitively expensive, the average rental fleet is about 40 years old with obsolete avionics...there are too many obstacles to a career in aviation. Here you are succeeding in your career, making highly entertaining videos, doing your best to motivate young people into this industry and all the FAA can do is try to shut you down? Please let all of us know how we can help you with this ridiculousness.
Yeaaaaaaa, my guess is it has nothing to do with what is on his youtube channel. Most likely he made some violation, which some prosecutor is attempting to make a case out of, and the compromise is his TH-cam channel.
There's a pilot shortage because of SJS (shiny jet syndrome). Everyone wants to be a pilot, so Airlines don't have to train their own pilots because a lot of people want the career bad enough to finance the cost themselves. There's a reason why regional pilots get paid crap. Because there will always be someone willing to fly a CRJ and sleep in break rooms for 20k a year. If there were a true pilot shortage, Jetblue's pay to play gateway program would never be successful. What other job do you know where people willingly get into 125k debt for a 30k job? It takes less money to get an MD behind your name.
it's also interesting to note, steveo was at one time one of those broom-closet sleeping during turns, regional FO. Of course, these days you'll get the retort that today a regional can start you north of 60K, but they don't mention it's all sign up bonuses, which mean your second year take home is actually lower LOL. Or the fact the second the industry takes another dump with mainline hiring and the movement stops, the regional bonuses disappear like a fart in the wind and now you're humping it for the same 30K as 10 years ago (inflation adjusted).
You're amazingly cool and collected- able to chatter with ATC, handle 100% of the piloting, and converse with your TH-cam audience. I'll bet you can juggle too!
Keep at it, there is a lot of nice flightsimulation software out there, which is nowadays really close to reality. Check out DCS:World (base free) & X-plane 11(~50€) for example.
Correction. Although JFK did fly up the coast of Long Island, he went down about 10 miles to the South of Martha's Vineyard. I flew there the same night as he did. It was a hazy night. This is only my opinion but the Saratoga he was flying has the fuel selector up under the middle of the cockpit, and I think when he was doing the landing checklist when he selected the tank with the most fuel, rather than keep his body and head straight, he leaned over to reach the switch and developed vertigo and because he was over the water, had no ground reference. If I remember right, he had very little time in that plane. Great video BTW!
Steveo.....hello from a former fellow Coastie (USCGC Morgenthau WHEC-722 1990-1993). I am only a flight sim pilot, but I thoroughly enjoy your videos and I always learn something. If I could do it all over again, I would have loved to follow your chosen path as a private pilot. Take care!
G'day from down under steveo !.This is going to be a long comment everyone. Enjoy all your vids both from a presentation style and from watching a professional pilot @ work. I also watch from time to time Sonia / ex dirty bird's vids and clearly she is learning from you and your vids how to develop and present a professional youtube channel worth watching.To me this is a clear endorsement of your passion, dedication and professionalism not only to your youtube life, but also to your piloting career . As someone who has always loved flying and most things related to flying I find your vids entertaining, informative and as with your sean d tucker vid great fun!Also as someone who trained to be a commercial pilot at younger age than yourself I can clearly see why many viewers, myself included believe that in presenting your vids the way you do! you are a positive and inspiring influence both in a general and professional aviation sense. I would be happy to pay to sit in any passenger seat on any aircraft that you fly. I'm sorry to hear that the FAA has an issue with you and your vids. I hope it is NOT serious and I also hope that there are enough good & smart people ( balance skill standard with mental attitude, professionalism and positive influence/ role model) that a positive outcome happens. I would hate to see your flying and vids stopped. You have my support. I have ONE request though! where possible and without compromising your position further could you please keep us in the youtube viewers community informed ( I personally do not face book ) as I think this could have potentially serious implications for all in the youtube aviation community.Best wishes and kind regards.Rob H.
hi Steve! your videos are fantastic ! i like them. In France, we have no such aviation videos with explanations like yours. It's a pleasure to watch it .The choice of musics is very good, and some captures with a drone are a very-very good idea. have a nice day..... and go ahead !! Bye!
I've been thru the comments so far(albeit pretty quickly)and didn't see this mentioned.... I wonder if the FAA is coming after him because of the sterile cockpit rule? If so PR1 Driver and others could be in trouble also. Not that I think that this is a problem for these pilots. They handle themselves very professionally IMO.
gasfiltered thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't sure about Part 91 rules. I always wondered about the "scenic" shots in Seveo's vids....thought it almost had to be drone taken. You're speculation makes sense to me.
man that would be ironic, if it's the profit from drone use that is what got him in trouble, and not the flying bit, which is the focus of his channel in the first place. Like Capone getting nabbed for tax evasion and not the killings. LOL
Yes Robert Clark. After checking the part91 rules, PR1 Driver is in the clear on the steril cockpit thing. I think that gasfiltered may be on to something.
gasfiltered This may be in left field, but aren't all Patreon subscribers donating money to help with his videos. Donations are not like a contract or a salaried endeavor. They might be able to make him stop, but taking down the channel will be one hell of a legal battle for the FAA to win. He is a commercial pilot and can get paid for his work, but he is not under contract to produce videos. My best guess is he is showing to many people how to fly a high performance & complex aircraft, and the FAA, Homeland Security, and TSA don't like it; also that he shows that the security is not all there all the time for GA operations. Yes, I noticed no drone segments or Boosted Board videos for awhile, but anyone can put up videos of stuff without true advertising contracts. Look at some other You Tube channels (not pilots) and see what the FAA has done to them, if anything, for their drone videos. Does Steveo have control over the ads in front of his videos? Does You Tube use popular video producers to make their site profitable through these advertisements, and how much do they pay the video producers? Is it Boze and Foreflight as contest sponsors that the FAA doesn't like? They just might lose this on the free enterprise and free speech laws we have; as a pilot and Advanced Ground and Instrument Ground Instructor, I see no instruction, only this is what I do. They might have to shut down all the flight simulator software producers as well. It will be interesting to see what they come up with and the millions they will have to spend to get all pilots to fall in line. I don't see how they can get at flight instructors though, as this is a professional license and their are plenty my of them on You Tube; most pilots say they are not instructing, only showing the possibilities of GA or ATP pilot careers. 😎
Hey Steveo I am Subscribed to 2 you tube channels, yours and flight chops. Hooked after the first one. Wanted to see you both at OSH. but spent the week with mama and new baby in the hospital. Thanks from a humble 172 pilot.
It's really annoying that he brought that drama up and says nothing. He shouldn't have said anything, until he could say something. This channel just went upworthy, IMO. We don't need pointless drama Steve...
+Jon Netbotic Could it be possible that he filmed this video before he posted that message on Facebook, which by the way was posted (July 31st, 2017)? According to N851TB's flight activity log, he filed his flight plan to KBOS then changed it to east Hampton on July 13th, 2017. You can find this information if you create a free account on flight aware and search his call sign. I think you owe Steve an apology.
Seriously ? WHY ??? Steveo is one of the best ambassadors for aviation on YT. Is the FAA afraid he's too likely to show examples of their bureaucracy, for the world to see ? Or is it that they just want their cut of his video proceeds ? Or, do they see Steveo wearing Bose headsets, while they still have Telex ears, from the seventies ? That's discussing !
Stevo, Welcome to my neck of the woods. I live on Long Island. You landed in the Hamptons which is one of the most expensive places to live. You are now hanging out with the rich & famous! Smart decision to divert from your destination. Always err on the side of safety! Obviously, your flying skills would dictate that decision. Hope you made it to KBOS if that was your destination!! Safe Flying my friend!
You did a good job considering an imc departure and making this descriptive video. I used to fly an AB500B shrike with no functional autopilot so I understood your skill.
Why don't you listen to the frequency before you transmit after switching? That's exactly why you stepped on the helicopter at 21:36. This drives controllers crazy.
Enjoyed the flight.... now on to your flight to Paradise ..... keep making these awesome videos. We born to fly aviators love every minute of it...... Thanks and God Bless My Friend
whatever the case may be with the FAA, maybe they should really concentrate on items such as, professional airline pilots attempting to land on "Taxi-ways". Or the new norm, " pilots of the magenta line" and the possible degradation to basic stick and rudder skills. The FAA needs to be AMBASSADORS of good will for all types of aviation.
I love flying but max range in an aircraft without a real toilet is not my idea of $3,000,000+ luxury. You either go on a high protein low residue diet for a couple of days before your max range flight and avoid liquids the day of or risk pissing in a bottle and shitting in a bag.
Just, wow...! Both of my brain cells are blown away by the single-pilot workload on a flight like this, especially the comms. The aircraft appeared to perform perfectly. Well Done! 👍
Hi Steveo,I love your videos! I am a pilot also, (Pvt/Sngle Eng.) but I have nowhere near the hours or experience that you have. I have read a number of the posts by others on this site and I don't believe you are doing anything unsafe. All pilots are unique and have different skill sets and different levels of abilities with respect to multi-tasking. Certain pilots are more comfortable handling multiple tasks and others prefer to singularly focus just on the main tasks at hand. You clearly, can handle multiple tasks with ease and your experience level shows up in your videos. I couldn't do what you do and for me to try to would be considered unsafe. But, for someone like yourself who can manage those things simultaneously, it is not unsafe. I learn a great deal from your videos and it allows me to take the flight with you vicariously. Keep them coming as long as you can. The flying community benefits greatly from them! Dan
Can you reach Puerto Rico with that plane from Miami? How much time would it take to Ponce, Puerto Rico?... Awesome video, I stayed for the hole ride! 👍👍👍👍👍
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are not old bold pilots. Your decision to air on the side of caution was correct Steveo. Great video as always..... Keep them coming
That would be terrible Steve. My home airport is Ft Laud Exec. Watching your videos makes me hope I get back to flying sometime. You are very professional and there is always something that can be learned from your videos.
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I also follow P1D and I like the way that both of you go into detail on what you are doing and how things work. Granted there are major differences between the TBM and Beechcraft Premier, but for the most part flying is flying. Keep up the great work and if you need any help with the FAA issues be sure to let us know how we can help. Cheers from Indianapolis, IN, USA.
The FAA is correct on this and Steve is clearly violating the sterile cockpit rule which is not a good look. However there is no question that Steve's videos are an asset and that he is a very competent and professional pilot. There is a simple fix available here. Edit and overlay - i.e. Comply with the sterile cockpit rules - take the vids back to the production room and add all the comments that Steve thinks are appropriate to illustrate the where and why and either do a voice over and/or add the comments to on-screen. I am assuming here that the sterile cockpit rule is the major reason for the FAA complaint. If however the FAA are "doing a Hoover" on Steve they are digging themselves a big hole - again! btw I am not a Microsoft pilot. I am retired (Tiger moth to 747) and watch most if not all of Steve's videos. Great job Steve.
Sterile Cockpit Rules FAR 121.542 / FAR 135.100--Flight Crew Member Duties (a) No certificate holder shall require, nor may any flight crew member perform any duties during a critical phase of flight except those duties required for the safe operation of the aircraft. Duties such as company required calls made for non-safety related purposes as ordering galley supplies and confirming passenger connections, announcements made to passengers promoting the air carrier or pointing out sights of interest and filling out company payroll and related records are not required for the safe operation of the aircraft. (b) No flight crew member may engage in, nor may any pilot in command permit, any activity during a critical phase of flight which could distract any flight crew member from the performance of his or her duties or which could interfere in any way with the proper conduct of those duties. Activities such as eating meals, engaging in non-essential conversations within the cockpit and non-essential communications between the cabin and cockpit crews, and reading publications not related to the proper conduct of the flight are not required for the safe operation of the aircraft. (c) For the purposes of this section, critical phase of flight involves all ground operations involving taxi, takeoff and landing, and all other flight operations conducted below 10,000 feet, except cruise flight. Note: Taxi is defined as "movement of an airplane under its own power on the surface of an airport."
i can`t see the problem, nobody is annoying him in a operational procedures of flight, the gopro is only put there to film in back, i mean is not a distraction in his job!
@@ahstrewth I recently completed my SEL ride check so I'm no expert. That said, I spent two years training under three instructors, all of whom talked their way through demonstrating everything they taught, as they performed each task, and all of whom who taught me to do the exact same thing. What exactly is he doing that violates Sterile cockpit? Sterile cockpit procedures prohibit diverting attention away from critical tasks during taxi and critical phases of flight. I don't see anywhere in FAR 121.542 or 135.100 that prohibits verbalizing those critical tasks as you focus on and complete them, which is what Steve is doing. If FAA is going to ban verbalizing your airmanship and decision making while you fly, we are going to have to ground every training exercise in the United States until FAA can come up with a way to communicate about flight tasks across the cockpit during critical phases....without speaking. And I'm going to have to come up with some other way to fly, because even 8 months after my check ride, when I'm flying I verbalize my decisions and procedures, out loud, constantly!
The TBM is an awesome airplane. You fly it like so smoothly. Man, you're living a pilot's dream.
As a 26,000 hour airline captain, and with about 20,000 of that flying "heavies" up to and including the 747-400, love your work and professionalism. Great video, very nicely put together, great work!
The only other thing I can add of course is that back when I was flying GA, I'd love to have had all those modern aids. I was flying single pilot IFR in Barons, Chieftains, and a Cheyenne III with no such gear, all just navaid to navaid, and paper charts, and sometimes out bush in outback Australia, purely visual navigation (ie: no navaids available), and I loved every second of it!! Those were the days :-), the best flying I ever did.
Keep up your good work!
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Amazing. Thanks for sharing Captain.
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I never had a chance to fly Ozzy bush, but I hear it can be quite challenging.
“...But enough about me... let me tell you about my plane...” lol
I really appreciate your narration throughout these videos. It might seems mundane to you but I find it fascinating to see everything you have to do while flying.
This man is the reason I sit in the cockpit of my 737 flying for my favorite airline!
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Great video. Planing ahead, not overextending your limits, having multiple approaches set up for "just in case" - GOOD stuff. True ambassador for general aviation. Keep up the awesome work.
CptDave102 agreed very impressive
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Hi there Steve, I'm an AME and GP in Holland. I follow your video vlogs for some time now. I agree with the other comments and applaud your efforts for being the best possible advocate for aviation. Yes, your message even reaches as far as Holland. In fact, your videos and the way you bring a professional swag for piloting, it inspired me to follow up on a life long childhood dream: becoming a pilot. Ofcourse, for me it wouldn't be commercial, but hey, it's also for the fun and to experience a bit of what pilots go through, which again, helps me bound with my work as an aeromedical examiner, in Alkmaar, Holland. Keep up the tremendous good work, and keep posting those incredibly fun and educational videos.
Sincerely, Marcel van Philips, MD
Hey Steve, in my opinion, if every GA pilot out there watched your video and saw how you were willing to change your destination without hesitation, there would be measurably less tragic incidences caused by fuel and/or weather issues in the future.
That moment when watching a random flying video and the aircraft is departing the runway, you spot the 3 DC-3s that are the fleet of Missionary Flights International that you have ridden from their base to Haiti and back 6 years ago :) Lovely to see those old stately gooneys still providing help and hope all over the Caribbean. Great video and thoroughly enjoyable.
Great flight Steve, gotta say the Hamptons isn't the worst place to divert to! Hope everything works out with this recent FAA deal and your videos. You're one of the best representatives we've got for aviation on TH-cam. Everything I've seen from you is always professional and top notch.
Critical Angle Ok. I have to admit, I'm ignorant to what you're talking about. What FAA deal, and how's it going to have an impact on his vids? Genuinely curious.
form52 he posted on his Facebook that the FAA is trying to take down his TH-cam.
Critical Angle I hope they don't! Love steveo's videos
From his post on FB:
Steveo1kinevo
July 29 at 3:23am
*"This week the FAA decided they are coming at me and want to shut down my TH-cam channel over certain criteria. I need your help to keep this going! I love you guys and want to keep sharing my content with you. We will succeed!!!"*
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That would be terrible! I can't believe they'd do that.
This is cool for aviation buffs like myself. An actual pilot flying and communicating with his audience. I'm hooked.
Steve, I must have watched this particular adventure a dozen times and loved it every time. Thank you for including your viewers on your trips!!!
Really appreciate your videos as they are entertaining, informative and educational. The best part is that you talk to your audience, identifying and reinforcing (perhaps to you also), the important issues as the flight sequences through its progression to the destination.
Thanks for serving in the military, prior USAF myself. Thanks for sharing the flight experience, love planes but never learned to fly.
Great video, made me feel like I was right in the cockpit! Special treat was going into East Hampton as I lived on Eastern L.I. for most of my life and have flown into every airport on L'I.
Always professional, interesting and educative for the new blood. Keep the good work!!!
Your military shows in everything you do .... outstanding. Thank you for your service and taking us along.
Great video displaying some serious pilotage skills. It's not just, "stick and rudder" but some single pilot ADM too, great job managing your flight from start to finish. Impressive.
Another great video SteveO, im 49yrs old and only flew 1 time back in 2013. I'm definitely not a pilot but you have sparked my interest in flying. I believe I could fly a plane but Idk if I could catch on to the flight lingo. LoL! So keep puttin out the videos and I'll keep smashing the "like" button. Take care, fly safe!!! SteveO.
Smooth flight with a demonstration of good judgement near the ending , what a novel idea for an aviation TH-cam video. I subscribed.
You're a pro. Very smooth and focused. I lived in East Hampton for many years going back to the 1970s. It has changed a lot since then. Although always a farming and fishing community, artists, movers and shakers, and then Hollywood moved in. Since then all hell broke loose driving prices and house size ever and ever higher. That golf course you looked down on was the famous Maidstone Club whose members include many recognizable family names, including the Bouviers, Jackie Kennedy's parents. I used to fly in and out of East Hampton and recognized your approach off the ocean.
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Great airplane and video. Nicely done while being completely safe. Aviate, navigate, communicate. You did all of that. As far as deviating around weather, we have asked for 10 left and right for the next 100 miles and normally approved. In other words, deviate as necessary (10 left or right) without unnecessary communication and then let them know when you are direct to your fix. And as always, cut the corner when you can.
I have never seen a single video of Steve's in which any concentration was lost. In fact, him talking through the procedures probably helps his concentration even more. Maybe the FAA think other pilots might not be able to handle it with such virtuosity. In other words this is about setting examples rather than Steve's skills. Some people are very good at multitasking and Steve is clearly one of them. FAA should use INTELLIGENCE on a case by case basis, but I doubt intelligence is their greatest strength.
Great job , Steve! We need more guys showing the hard decisions that we have to make up there. Thanks again for taking the time. G
I really have a lot of respect for pilots when I see what they have to know and do I realize there is no way I would ever be able to do this!
I fly a little Rockwell 112 Commander and it can be difficult to get through the schooling but completley worth it afterwards
Nice vid, as a new VFR pilot just starting to study for instrument rating, I found it very interesting. Your commentary about your airmanship and CRM tasks reminds me of flying with an instructor. Also very nice ADM with the weather/fuel diversion, you made it seem painless. It was a great example for other pilots. Great job and thanks!
Another great video Steveo! Can you maybe do a video where you show exactly how you plan for a flight, from route planning, fuel planning, checking the weather for your route, checking aircraft performance and filing your flight plan. Also would like to see more of the use of the IFR plates on Foreflight!! Keep up the great work Steveo!!
This is an older video of Steveo's, but it covers a lot of what you mentioned.
th-cam.com/video/xceBbJhHuR0/w-d-xo.html
You're extremely capable and knowledgeable. And, obviously very serious about doing your best - good job, we need more like you.
I think you should consider tuning the radar on for takeoff. Once you're airborne it's a little late to find out it isn't going to work today. Just a suggestion.
pumpkindog1 my only comment on that was the range of his Radar can’t give you the long distance weather and also on the iPad the weather app would give you weather for whatever area you wished BUT that’s only showing the 5-10 min ago picture. You can’t really tell how a flight is going to work out as when he got in the air he ad to make deviations and you never know what altitude you will be given or the the condition of the various wind layers at those altitudes. At the start he was good to go, and still was reasonably safe to carry on to his original destination, but he didn’t want to take the risk as the probability of complex traffic at his destination could of put him in a stack waiting to land, wasting more time and gas which I believe was his main decision to reroute
I could give a rats off if he turns it off or not ...I'm a simple man ..I came for the thumbnail
Why? This would not be cause enough to cancel the flight...
I'm not a pilot or an electronics engineer but I would suspect the plane's weather radar wouldn't be effective sitting at ground level.
senoJSR Must be check on ground prior to take off
Very professionally and focused! I just got my private pilot license and watching this video is inspiring for a future commercial pilot one day. As a retired military myself, and now a private pilot looking forward to a journey as the one you took from Florida to Mass with the diversion to NY. Awesome video segment with safety and concerns on all your passenger on board.
That moment when he asks how we are doing and then just keeps quiet reminds me of Dora the Explorer lol, Great quality videos steveo keep it up!!
Awesome flight steve, the weather in Florida was heavy with rain as you departed and you managed the weather quite well. Whatever the issue the FAA has with you, you`ll get it sort out, you always show level of professionalism when you fly and it shows, keep up the good work and make more videos.
I dread flying commercial airlines! If the pilots were like this guy who lets you know what's going on........it would go a far way in making me more comfortable. To make me most comfortable, I want to fly right seat with my head phones.
Very nice video and I hope you train others to be as attentive and sharp as yourself. This is refreshing to watch and listen. Well done.......
Outstanding example of many aspects of quality airmanship, especially helped by your narration.This video is quite instructive, and could serve as teaching material for single pilot ifr,crm,etc. Congrats on a nicely done video.
So why do we miss out on the kiss at 0:24?!
Still loving your videos Steve!
You're a great Pilot Steve. From a fellow pilot in Australia, well done, and good luck with the FAA. I hope you can keep doing what you, and us viewers love.
4 hour flight in the TBM with no bathroom. My passengers could never make that. They have to much fun flying.
My 6mo dog can go 8hrs with a bathroom break...
Phil Es your dog doesn't drink alcohol either. Great comment.
Only if she's had a really tough day of napping!
Yeah I often think of that. The TBM is such a great plane with an amazing 1730 NM reach, but with no bathroom, that is risky. I see that they have an optional one to have put in, but that takes away allot of space, and two of the seats.
Jon Arne L. Nygård could just wear diapers like old men and women and most astronauts do.
Steve...something that I have done to one of my GO-Pro cases is to cut a hole in it over the power port on the camera. By doing this, you can put your charger chord into the camera power port thru the side of the case and then plug the other end into a 12 volt lighter plug. Your camera is inside so it doesnt matter about not being water proof. I have been doing this for about a year on my motorcycle and it works perfect...my batteries never die. Put your camera in the case and close it. Take a sharpie and draw a square on the case slightly larger than the power port. Then take a small drill bit with a variable speed drill and drill on the lines you just drew on the case. Once you get the cut out made, you can use a small hand file to smooth it out and your are set...no more dead batteries. PM me if you need help.
another great vlog steveo. we are all in on any help you need dealing with the "gods of flight". keep up the good work!!!
I had a fraternity brother and some of his family die in the Egypt Air 990 crash. A sad day. Thanks for your service and for the videos! Cheers from KILM!
I'm loving the radio work, I've learned so much since I started watching you Steveo!
A real pleasure watching your video. Beautiful pictures, appreciate you walking us through the instruments and sharing your rationale for your choices.
Steve, whatever happens please remember that you are a Top Shelf Class Act, and have NEVER been anything but Professional, Informative and very, very Responsible! Whatever the FAA has to challenge you on, I hope your response includes a review of your Videos here on this channel as well as the many, many Positive and Supportive Comments by all of the other Complimentary and Experienced Pilots who endorse your efforts here. Please 'Keep the Faith' and Keep the 'Great Vibes' and Awesome Videos coming!
Thanks, I didn't expect to stayfor the whole flight but I really enjoyed all of it. TBM's land at our airport every so often, beatiful plane. Hope to get wings one day, though it's quite a hard dream to make true.
Just in case people are interested, this is the report about the RAF Voyager incident that might be part of the FAAs issue with Steve : www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-incident-involving-voyager-zz333-on-9-february-2014
Fantastic video once again Steveo. Love watching these. And as a fellow pilot, way to be a good example for all of us to avoid "get-there-itis".
Talk about money. That Sikorsky (N500WK) used to belong to David Rockefeller.
Thanks for the ride. I can't find words to describe how impressed I am that you handled ALL of that while also keeping us entertained and informed. BZ.
Steve1kinevo- It takes a lot of imagination to guess at what the FAA has against your channel. (Is this going to be another notorious instance like the FAA vendetta against Bob Hoover?) There is a pilot shortage in the US, pilot certification is prohibitively expensive, the average rental fleet is about 40 years old with obsolete avionics...there are too many obstacles to a career in aviation. Here you are succeeding in your career, making highly entertaining videos, doing your best to motivate young people into this industry and all the FAA can do is try to shut you down? Please let all of us know how we can help you with this ridiculousness.
Yeaaaaaaa, my guess is it has nothing to do with what is on his youtube channel. Most likely he made some violation, which some prosecutor is attempting to make a case out of, and the compromise is his TH-cam channel.
What did I miss? Is he in trouble? :S
There's a pilot shortage because of SJS (shiny jet syndrome). Everyone wants to be a pilot, so Airlines don't have to train their own pilots because a lot of people want the career bad enough to finance the cost themselves. There's a reason why regional pilots get paid crap. Because there will always be someone willing to fly a CRJ and sleep in break rooms for 20k a year. If there were a true pilot shortage, Jetblue's pay to play gateway program would never be successful. What other job do you know where people willingly get into 125k debt for a 30k job? It takes less money to get an MD behind your name.
it's also interesting to note, steveo was at one time one of those broom-closet sleeping during turns, regional FO. Of course, these days you'll get the retort that today a regional can start you north of 60K, but they don't mention it's all sign up bonuses, which mean your second year take home is actually lower LOL. Or the fact the second the industry takes another dump with mainline hiring and the movement stops, the regional bonuses disappear like a fart in the wind and now you're humping it for the same 30K as 10 years ago (inflation adjusted).
Surprisingly, there is a pilot shortage for people wanting to work long hours and earn peanuts, yes. :)
You're amazingly cool and collected- able to chatter with ATC, handle 100% of the piloting, and converse with your TH-cam audience. I'll bet you can juggle too!
great call to divert, imagine getting to boston and not being able to land, losing fuel, etc etc...
Steveo...thanks yet again for sharing all your fun with us...
Semper Paratus Shipmate! Nice work on the video and the flight!
Extremely professional, quick thinking, excellent decision making and exemplary communication skills. Thank you for sharing.
You are the best I am a kid which wants to be a pilot and you are my example!
Keep at it, there is a lot of nice flightsimulation software out there, which is nowadays really close to reality. Check out DCS:World (base free) & X-plane 11(~50€) for example.
ApoTroll thanks
Good luck mate! Don't let being a witch (or a wizard) stop you :)
Mick McCarthy lol spelling mistake.
haha, all good my friend!
Lot of $$$ on that ramp! I used to work @ signature LGB as a LST SUP.. loved working with the birds! Great video!
Wow, just realised Stevo has 144k followers. I remember when he had less than 10k 😂, congrats on this achievement🎉
Didn't know you were once a coastie. I'm in the coast guard and love your videos really help pass the time on a patrol.
Correction. Although JFK did fly up the coast of Long Island, he went down about 10 miles to the South of Martha's Vineyard.
I flew there the same night as he did. It was a hazy night. This is only my opinion but the Saratoga he was flying has the fuel selector up under the middle of the cockpit, and I think when he was doing the landing checklist when he selected the tank with the most fuel, rather than keep his body and head straight, he leaned over to reach the switch and developed vertigo and because he was over the water, had no ground reference. If I remember right, he had very little time in that plane.
Great video BTW!
I was flying that night as well - From HTO back to Manassas (HEF). It was a miserable night to fly with haze and very little ambient light.
Hehe... me too! I flew out of Caldwell... his departure airport. ... I actually bought a Mooney from the guy who bought his Cessna (N529JK, I think)
I'd like to thank you for your service, I'm from Alaska and was a captain of a fishing boat, blessed to know you always had our six...
4 hour flight, that's gotta be tough "holding it" for that long I would imagine, or carry a jug :)?
I couldent do that at 76 years old, i stand up and i gtta hit the head!
Steveo.....hello from a former fellow Coastie (USCGC Morgenthau WHEC-722 1990-1993). I am only a flight sim pilot, but I thoroughly enjoy your videos and I always learn something. If I could do it all over again, I would have loved to follow your chosen path as a private pilot. Take care!
G'day from down under steveo !.This is going to be a long comment everyone. Enjoy all your vids both from a presentation style and from watching a professional pilot @ work. I also watch from time to time Sonia / ex dirty bird's vids and clearly she is learning from you and your vids how to develop and present a professional youtube channel worth watching.To me this is a clear endorsement of your passion, dedication and professionalism not only to your youtube life, but also to your piloting career . As someone who has always loved flying and most things related to flying I find your vids entertaining, informative and as with your sean d tucker vid great fun!Also as someone who trained to be a commercial pilot at younger age than yourself I can clearly see why many viewers, myself included believe that in presenting your vids the way you do! you are a positive and inspiring influence both in a general and professional aviation sense. I would be happy to pay to sit in any passenger seat on any aircraft that you fly. I'm sorry to hear that the FAA has an issue with you and your vids. I hope it is NOT serious and I also hope that there are enough good & smart people ( balance skill standard with mental attitude, professionalism and positive influence/ role model) that a positive outcome happens. I would hate to see your flying and vids stopped. You have my support. I have ONE request though! where possible and without compromising your position further could you please keep us in the youtube viewers community informed ( I personally do not face book ) as I think this could have potentially serious implications for all in the youtube aviation community.Best wishes and kind regards.Rob H.
I binged watched all of your videos. Waiting a couple of weeks for new videos is tough, but what a treat. Thank you for making them
The plane is beautiful ,but I was looking at the hottie on the gulf cart..
Love the vids. Im an ex pilot and ZNY controller , this brought a lot of the old feelings back, great job Steve.
I had to finally watch this video, it's been popping up in my recommended for about 3 weeks now! I got tired of seeing the thumbnail haha! 👍🎃🍁
Thanks for watching!
Me too!
hi Steve! your videos are fantastic ! i like them. In France, we have no such aviation videos with explanations like yours. It's a pleasure to watch it .The choice of musics is very good, and some captures with a drone are a very-very good idea. have a nice day..... and go ahead !! Bye!
Hi, Steve-O; How do I get to ride, like Reggie does? I would love to fly anywhere. All the best Shaun of NYC
I've been thru the comments so far(albeit pretty quickly)and didn't see this mentioned.... I wonder if the FAA is coming after him because of the sterile cockpit rule? If so PR1 Driver and others could be in trouble also. Not that I think that this is a problem for these pilots. They handle themselves very professionally IMO.
gasfiltered thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't sure about Part 91 rules. I always wondered about the "scenic" shots in Seveo's vids....thought it almost had to be drone taken. You're speculation makes sense to me.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the sterile cockpit environment only apply to flying for hire? PR1 Driver flies for his company and personal use.
man that would be ironic, if it's the profit from drone use that is what got him in trouble, and not the flying bit, which is the focus of his channel in the first place. Like Capone getting nabbed for tax evasion and not the killings. LOL
Yes Robert Clark. After checking the part91 rules, PR1 Driver is in the clear on the steril cockpit thing. I think that gasfiltered may be on to something.
gasfiltered This may be in left field, but aren't all Patreon subscribers donating money to help with his videos. Donations are not like a contract or a salaried endeavor. They might be able to make him stop, but taking down the channel will be one hell of a legal battle for the FAA to win. He is a commercial pilot and can get paid for his work, but he is not under contract to produce videos. My best guess is he is showing to many people how to fly a high performance & complex aircraft, and the FAA, Homeland Security, and TSA don't like it; also that he shows that the security is not all there all the time for GA operations. Yes, I noticed no drone segments or Boosted Board videos for awhile, but anyone can put up videos of stuff without true advertising contracts. Look at some other You Tube channels (not pilots) and see what the FAA has done to them, if anything, for their drone videos. Does Steveo have control over the ads in front of his videos? Does You Tube use popular video producers to make their site profitable through these advertisements, and how much do they pay the video producers? Is it Boze and Foreflight as contest sponsors that the FAA doesn't like? They just might lose this on the free enterprise and free speech laws we have; as a pilot and Advanced Ground and Instrument Ground Instructor, I see no instruction, only this is what I do. They might have to shut down all the flight simulator software producers as well. It will be interesting to see what they come up with and the millions they will have to spend to get all pilots to fall in line. I don't see how they can get at flight instructors though, as this is a professional license and their are plenty my of them on You Tube; most pilots say they are not instructing, only showing the possibilities of GA or ATP pilot careers. 😎
Hey Steveo I am Subscribed to 2 you tube channels, yours and flight chops. Hooked after the first one. Wanted to see you both at OSH. but spent the week with mama and new baby in the hospital. Thanks from a humble 172 pilot.
Hey steveo what a great video! I have an request can you do full flight video without cuts and edit. That would be awesome!
I agree
Most would not watch much over an hr. let alone 4 hrs.
He won't reply.
Nice ride along Steve, coming from a prior Navy fighter jock and now current 737 Captain for AS. I mostly use writing pads from hotels!
Hey +steveo1kinevo how can we help with you're whole FAA situation? Is their any petition available?
What's his situation?
He posted on Facebook that the FAA wants to close down his TH-cam channel
It's really annoying that he brought that drama up and says nothing. He shouldn't have said anything, until he could say something. This channel just went upworthy, IMO. We don't need pointless drama Steve...
+Jon Netbotic Could it be possible that he filmed this video before he posted that message on Facebook, which by the way was posted (July 31st, 2017)? According to N851TB's flight activity log, he filed his flight plan to KBOS then changed it to east Hampton on July 13th, 2017. You can find this information if you create a free account on flight aware and search his call sign. I think you owe Steve an apology.
Seriously ? WHY ??? Steveo is one of the best ambassadors for aviation on YT. Is the FAA afraid he's too likely to show examples of their bureaucracy, for the world to see ? Or is it that they just want their cut of his video proceeds ? Or, do they see Steveo wearing Bose headsets, while they still have Telex ears, from the seventies ? That's discussing !
Stevo, Welcome to my neck of the woods. I live on Long Island. You landed in the Hamptons which is one of the most expensive places to live. You are now hanging out with the rich & famous! Smart decision to divert from your destination. Always err on the side of safety! Obviously, your flying skills would dictate that decision. Hope you made it to KBOS if that was your destination!! Safe Flying my friend!
sounds bloody complicated all the radio traffic talking about which runway to use
VPPAF after a while it gets easier. It’s like someone calling your name in a crowded mall, you’ll start to recognize when ATC is talking to you.
It's not after your taught what it's all about
Don't worry, they love that stuff.
You did a good job considering an imc departure and making this descriptive video. I used to fly an AB500B shrike with no functional autopilot so I understood your skill.
Why don't you listen to the frequency before you transmit after switching? That's exactly why you stepped on the helicopter at 21:36. This drives controllers crazy.
BelowMinimums it does 100%
Let's see videos of your flights so we can pick you apart. Oh wait, it looks like you quit.
No way to know if he listened before transmitting as he cut-edits right after switching freqs. I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
D.A. S. he has videos u don't tho so stfu
@@335iyeyonba9 I don't pick people apart by coming across as an expert, but I commend your professional reply...
Enjoyed the flight.... now on to your flight to Paradise ..... keep making these awesome videos. We born to fly aviators love every minute of it...... Thanks and God Bless My Friend
whatever the case may be with the FAA, maybe they should really concentrate on items such as, professional airline pilots attempting to land on "Taxi-ways". Or the new norm, " pilots of the magenta line" and the possible degradation to basic stick and rudder skills. The FAA needs to be AMBASSADORS of good will for all types of aviation.
I remember flying into East Hampton when I began flying at Amityville Zahns Airport. Nice little place.
I love flying but max range in an aircraft without a real toilet is not my idea of $3,000,000+ luxury. You either go on a high protein low residue diet for a couple of days before your max range flight and avoid liquids the day of or risk pissing in a bottle and shitting in a bag.
Well 1225kph, tell us how you really feel about crossing your legs for 3 hours.
Just, wow...! Both of my brain cells are blown away by the single-pilot workload on a flight like this, especially the comms. The aircraft appeared to perform perfectly. Well Done! 👍
Fantastic video as always Seveo best from UK
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Hi Steveo,I love your videos! I am a pilot also, (Pvt/Sngle Eng.) but I have nowhere near the hours or experience that you have. I have read a number of the posts by others on this site and I don't believe you are doing anything unsafe. All pilots are unique and have different skill sets and different levels of abilities with respect to multi-tasking. Certain pilots are more comfortable handling multiple tasks and others prefer to singularly focus just on the main tasks at hand. You clearly, can handle multiple tasks with ease and your experience level shows up in your videos. I couldn't do what you do and for me to try to would be considered unsafe. But, for someone like yourself who can manage those things simultaneously, it is not unsafe. I learn a great deal from your videos and it allows me to take the flight with you vicariously. Keep them coming as long as you can. The flying community benefits greatly from them! Dan
really enjoyed my flight with you in the BAD weather ... How do I get more flight tome with you?
Your best video ever.
Oooh, hello there. I see you everywhere now days
Yes, I liked it too, everything came together nicely.
Flyers Distric
Great Pilot, Your management and decision making is right on. I wish I was as good as you in my little 182....
Can you reach Puerto Rico with that plane from Miami? How much time would it take to Ponce, Puerto Rico?... Awesome video, I stayed for the hole ride! 👍👍👍👍👍
Literally flew to PR a couple episodes ago...
He just flew to Boston from Miami.. You think he can't reach PR? Look at a map next time...
pesto12601 Don't be stupid pendejo!... It was a valid question and he answered it in a very professional manner... FKU Einstein... 🖕
Wow.. resorting to vulgarities eh? very classy!
pesto12601 Awwwww, I hurt this little flower's feelings😔
😂🤣😆🖕
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are not old bold pilots. Your decision to air on the side of caution was correct Steveo. Great video as always..... Keep them coming
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Retired AAL Captain here. Excellent video, your training shows through. Keep the dirty side down !!
Your my Inspiration
That would be terrible Steve. My home airport is Ft Laud Exec. Watching your videos makes me hope I get back to flying sometime. You are very professional and there is always something that can be learned from your videos.
Smart with the thumbnail
Polpiv4tifish I know, those thighs man... ughhh
Very nice videos Steve, I'm pilot on B767 and B737, I'm used to go to MIA and SFB from Europe :)
Thanks a lot for all the stull you make for us ))))
I don't know who those idiots are who hit the thumbs down button, but they need to get a life!! Great VIDEO!
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I also follow P1D and I like the way that both of you go into detail on what you are doing and how things work. Granted there are major differences between the TBM and Beechcraft Premier, but for the most part flying is flying. Keep up the great work and if you need any help with the FAA issues be sure to let us know how we can help. Cheers from Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Go to 14:02 there's like a rocket blasting off or something
where?
Wesley Kay that's sun glare off the window.
I believe what you are seeing is a commercial jet's contrails.
Use the scratch pad on foreflight, for your IFR clearance and route change. Easy with the iPAD pen. Also nice to have for METAR
The FAA is correct on this and Steve is clearly violating the sterile cockpit rule which is not a good look.
However there is no question that Steve's videos are an asset and that he is a very competent and professional pilot.
There is a simple fix available here.
Edit and overlay - i.e. Comply with the sterile cockpit rules - take the vids back to the production room and add all the comments that Steve thinks are appropriate to illustrate the where and why and either do a voice over and/or add the comments to on-screen.
I am assuming here that the sterile cockpit rule is the major reason for the FAA complaint.
If however the FAA are "doing a Hoover" on Steve they are digging themselves a big hole - again!
btw I am not a Microsoft pilot. I am retired (Tiger moth to 747) and watch most if not all of Steve's videos. Great job Steve.
If you get the chance would you please cite the FAR about the sterile cockpit rule. Thanks.
Sterile Cockpit Rules
FAR 121.542 / FAR 135.100--Flight Crew Member Duties
(a) No certificate holder shall require, nor may any flight crew member perform any duties during a critical phase of flight except those duties required for the safe operation of the aircraft. Duties such as company required calls made for non-safety related purposes as ordering galley supplies and confirming passenger connections, announcements made to passengers promoting the air carrier or pointing out sights of interest and filling out company payroll and related records are not required for the safe operation of the aircraft.
(b) No flight crew member may engage in, nor may any pilot in command permit, any activity during a critical phase of flight which could distract any flight crew member from the performance of his or her duties or which could interfere in any way with the proper conduct of those duties. Activities such as eating meals, engaging in non-essential conversations within the cockpit and non-essential communications between the cabin and cockpit crews, and reading publications not related to the proper conduct of the flight are not required for the safe operation of the aircraft.
(c) For the purposes of this section, critical phase of flight involves all ground operations involving taxi, takeoff and landing, and all other flight operations conducted below 10,000 feet, except cruise flight.
Note: Taxi is defined as "movement of an airplane under its own power on the surface of an airport."
i can`t see the problem, nobody is annoying him in a operational procedures of flight, the gopro is only put there to film in back, i mean is not a distraction in his job!
@@ahstrewth I recently completed my SEL ride check so I'm no expert. That said, I spent two years training under three instructors, all of whom talked their way through demonstrating everything they taught, as they performed each task, and all of whom who taught me to do the exact same thing. What exactly is he doing that violates Sterile cockpit? Sterile cockpit procedures prohibit diverting attention away from critical tasks during taxi and critical phases of flight. I don't see anywhere in FAR 121.542 or 135.100 that prohibits verbalizing those critical tasks as you focus on and complete them, which is what Steve is doing. If FAA is going to ban verbalizing your airmanship and decision making while you fly, we are going to have to ground every training exercise in the United States until FAA can come up with a way to communicate about flight tasks across the cockpit during critical phases....without speaking. And I'm going to have to come up with some other way to fly, because even 8 months after my check ride, when I'm flying I verbalize my decisions and procedures, out loud, constantly!