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Skydive Las Vegas, located at Boulder City, NV, dropping jumpers through Class B airspace in proximity to arrival corridor/outer marker on Las Vegas McCarran RWY 25L/R. What I know, is its a smooth operation. ATC gives a "jump approved" when pilot calls out 2 minutes prior. I like subway.

Run the numbers... Assuming: Yaris $14,000 Prius $24,000 Yaris 40MPG Prius 50MPG Total cost to drive 100,000 miles with these two cars: Assuming Gas Price $3.50 Yaris $22,750 Prius $31,000 With all the above assumptions, you'll save money with the cheaper Yaris, with as much as $20/gallon gas price. (Break-Even-Point). ---- Changing the assumptions to more extreme: Same Price. Yaris MPG 38 Prius MPG 60 Gas price will need to become $10.30 before it is cheaper to buy and drive a Prius. Gas price really isn't the main factor when looking to save money on driving...its the initial purchase price of the vehicle that matters, combined with above average gas MPG. I like subway.

Hey, I get better MPG than the sticker because I drive like a grandma. The EPA changed their testing profile for 2008 MPG stickers, so all cars generally report a little less MPG for 2008, compared to earlier years. 2007 Yaris had sticker MPG of 40/34, and as I said, I'm getting 41-43, sometimes 44-45 and my record for one tank driving very carefully at 50mph the entire tank, with only three on-off-ramps highway, is personal record 47 MPG. I think gas prices will have to go pretty high before it becomes cheaper to buy a Prius, if all you care about is your total cost of A to B, riding in a new comfortable car. I like subway.

I've got the Yaris from Toyota, almost the same MPG, average 41-43MPG, but the car costs about half of the Prius, without too big difference in size of the car. My total cost for buying the car, and putting gas in it for 100,000 miles is less than the initial purchase cost of the Prius... :-) I like subway.

SW have how many accidents since the beginning of time? The FAA allowed them an extension on a few inspections...so what? Most planes that fly aren't in perfect condition anyway...little squawks that doesn't matter to flight., but that are legally required.. I like subway.

I may be just imagining it, but my engine runs more smooth on higher octane rated fuels. I always fuel up on the good stuff (Chevron Supreme) when I'm going to drive long distances with a heavy load in my tiny little car. I like subway.

Doh! If I was still illegal, and wasn't trying to be a pilot and all, I'd offer to put money for the fine into escrow, and then work illegally. If I wasn't caught, I'd get the money back, if I got caught and I had to pay the fine for the employer, IT WOULD STILL BE CHEAPER THAN TO IMMIGRATE THE LEGAL WAY! I like subway.

Way I understood the report, only way it could be not for compensation or hire, would be if only club members were allowed on board the plane, and such membership, skydiving service, jump tickets etc, were not being offered to the public at large (i.e. not accepting members of the public). This is in line with the FAA rules taught at commercial certificate level examination. So perhaps a private pilot can fly his own family up for a few loads, but once the neighbors wants in, its a commercial operation. I like subway.

Building flight time is considered compensation. A commercial pilot license is required to perform jump piloting. I like subway.

I, as a jump pilot, is not member of USPA. Nor will I ever desire to be. A great forum is open to everyone, or else it will die quicly. That's what I've seen happen to other forums changing their policy to pay-to-sign-up, veryify-employment, be-referred-by-a-friend etc. This forum is good the way it is. I like subway.

And it doesn't get that much better a year later when you've got 1200 hours... That's where I am, and I'm sorta locked into flying divers and my other day job, because going to an airline involves up to two months with little or no pay during training. You've gotta have cash reserve to afford getting a job. Flying divers does nothing for your instrument skills, so I'm also worried as *** about the simulator part of interviews. I like subway.

On a busy day in the Caravan I can make as much as $50/hour, but only for a few hours at a time, and not every day. So it comes out to half of the national poverty level wage. I like subway.

Are bicycle riders considered vehicles? Excuse me for not knowing the American rule of traffic law... I'd look around real good for a cop, and then drive by. I like subway.

I get $15/load with no monthly guarantee. Comes out to between $300/month to $900/month at best (busiest). I've gotten offers from other DZs, one offer of $500/week minimum with $10/load and housing provided in a trailer at the property for only $75/month. Another place offered me $10/load with no minimum guarantee (they said: get another job in the city!!). I like subway.

No, I'm not "Zing". There are good investments, and bad investments. If you've got $70K in credit, there are better ways to go about getting a return on that money. Pilot training should definitively be paid cash with money you can afford to lose. Just like gambling in Las Vegas - don't play with money you don't have. Being a pilot is just a job after a while, but a very hard way to get a good paycheck. Getting a private or a glider license would be a much more enjoyable way to fly. In fact, I took a glider license when I was 17, and it was the most enjoyable flying I've ever done. I like subway.

I hope you are in a position to make the financial commitment necessary. Because for the first five years being a pilot, you'll barely make enough to cover the cheapest lifestyle possible. You better look well into this before pursuing "the best office view" - the sacrifices you'll make outside of the job are insane in the perspective of most wage earners. With a student loan of $55-70,000 that you'll start paying upon graduation, you're looking at 7-80% of your paycheck going to the bank. At least the feds may give you a tax deduction on the interest paid. I like subway.

But border protection and defending the sovereignty of the US mainland, is at least a legitimate task of the military. Blowing up countries in the middle east, even if trying to create peace, it not a legitimate task of the US military. It is interventionism, and it was strongly discouraged by the founders, as well as the constitution. The fake-conservatives (neo) have even failed at securing US oil supply from "falling in the hands of terrorists who will increase the price". During the Iraq invasion the oil price have more than doubled, and that is not because of the terrorists, but rather the fear of more attacks from the US, encouraging more terrorist responses against oil production. It should be realized that many of the terrorist nations react perfectly logical - when being invaded by the US, they fight in the only way they are technologically capable of: IEDs and suicide bombers. If the US don't attack first, or stage "Gulf of Tonkin" incidents to wage war, there is no way that men with sticks and stones would harm Americans 4000 miles away. Just stop taking student visas from terrorist nations. Ron Paul is the only dude who will do that. I like subway.

Right on! I like subway.

Ayn Rand manages to put it into a manageable number of words compared to Ludvig Von Mises... Good choice of reading material! Ron Paul said he thought Ayn Rand was somehow violent in her views... Food for thought. I like subway.

So the owners of a newspaper are responsible for every comment, article or discussion going on in their news paper? If this is all they can come up with when they are trying their best to comprehensively attack Ron Paul, then I'm confident with supporting Ron Paul all the way. Btw. I've followed the Mises Institute for some time, and they stand for nothing of the sort mentioned in these smear attacks. And that is the truth. I like subway.

Don't run out of money. The longer you take between flights, the longer it will take you to progress quickly. Aviation is a big sucker for your money, and to be successful, it helps if you have the money already, so you can focus more on the flying. Flying and worrying about money at the same time brings frustration. So if you don't have the money to finish, focus on getting the money first, then focus on the flying. For your oral exam, which may be a bit of a stress, know whatever is in the PTS, and you'll be fine. Some things you need to simply memorize; do it, other things you have to understand (pay your instructor). Don't pay your instructor to watch you memorize. http://www.sugery-videos.com/watch/?vid=17580 Watch this about 3 times. Almost all instructors suck the first 100 hours, and student pilots usually get stuck with the new guy if you're training in a flight school. I like subway.

The question he asks is hardly math nerd material. Trying to comprehensively answer the opening question of this post, will lead to an insight to the meaning and existence of life, the construct of the universe and what may happen after death. Don't worry about it. I like subway.

What's the best way to buy .308 ammo suitable for long range shooting, for less than $1/shot? I'm looking at entering the sport by buying a nice entry-level rifle&scope, but see the continued cost of shooting a .308 rifle as somewhat prohibitive. Hope I can ask in this thread.... I like subway.

You were getting my hopes up. Nevermind. I like subway.

Ron Paul read Ludvig Von Mises. "Human Action" is a GREAT book, ought to be mandatory reading for anyone who's even playing with the idea of "running a country" (since when did that become the job of the President?). I like subway.