The key to flying is being flexible, flexible with ATC, your aircraft, your instructor, and most of all the weather. If ever in doubt you can always ask ATC

This is one of the most unique thing about aviation is that no 2 flights are the same. You always experience something new in-flight. I was trying to keep myself "current" with your radio comms, but I had the same reaction as yours when you got your clearance haha! Great stuff!

I was taught to just get your clearance instructions before taxing, once I give the read back, call back with ATIS and ready to taxi. most guys ask are you ready to copy, I just reply with standby until I’m doing the Run Up if I started taxing. If they are busy with multiple freq I understand they’re trying to give out the information as quick as possible but I would just say standby until I got to the run up area. I heard DPEs are strict with trying to write down things while taxi ing.

Got to put PB on both slices of bread so that the jelly doesn't leak through.

Smart Balance Crunchy PB and spread is the way to go!

Great video and this covers something you won’t read about in all the literature we read as pilots. In ATC we can combine and de-combine positions as needed. This is largely depended on traffic and staffing. Following a hurricane, traffic is generally slower than normal and many times staffing can be limited. When positions are combined, we generally prefer to have everyone on 1 frequency as much as we can. This is why you were told to call the tower for clearance and ground. Conversely, we will also be monitoring all the other published frequencies. With regards to not being switched to approach, after take off - atc has an option to “point out” traffic. Basically the RSW tower controller called the radar room and gave your information and the radar controller agreed to watch as you transition to APF tower’s airspace. Point outs are at the discretion of the controllers involved. I know this is long, but this was a great video. Safe travels

If the taxi signs are missing and if I didn't have Geo-locate, that's a perfect time to ask for Progressive Taxi.

Jason and Magda, that was a great video. Thanks for sharing. Great to see real world non-standard stuff.

PB&J for champions 👊🏾 Love 🍓 always enjoy hearing taxi instructions at Class C airports

Thank you so much for these videos Jason

Excellent Video. Thank You.

When you were listening to the (Computer Guy) ATIS clearance, delivery and ground control were all combined on tower frequency. somebody called in sick and he was the only ATC working.

Awesome example of how things can change.

This is very Australian class C departure. They sometimes have combined ground and tower at YMEN airport and I have had them give my clearance while on the run randomly so I was thinking Jason you better have that iPad scratch pad ready. I think it's due to them putting your flight plan into the system and a slight delay due to that.

Being KAPK based this was a very relevant video. Thanks

A favorite video of mine is your flight following video from a few years ago where Jacksonville responded to your cold call with a squawk code and then changed your squawk code, also non-standard. Ya never know!!!

Kudos to the ATC!! Proud to say that’s my boy!

Great video. I'm a Sim pilot and the controller sees what vatsim controllers have to do. Cheers

Another fun and informative video Jason. Hope to be doing my IFR ground school with you soon. By the way, Super Crunchy is the only way to go withe a PBJ.

100% agree on the creamy PB but think that grape should be a legit option. 😃 And nice warp speed ffwd, Coach Ray!

i know this guy!!!!

Love the content! I’ve noticed that you have a laminated checklist… With color codes to help your eyes go to the appropriate checklist in previous videos. Where did you find those, or do you make them?

Good example of how it works

Crunchy peanut butter with blackberry jam on Mrs. Barids bread for me. I guess we can't be friends. ;-)

I definitely would have taken an intersection departure

I fly out of KLAN (Lansing, MI) which is also a Class C. The last two times I have flown they have combined clearance, ground, and tower on the same frequency. Surprisingly, KLAN is not a very busy airport so I am not sure if that is the reasoning. I am surprised that KRSW combined the frequencies though.

Creamy peanut butter only and it Hass to be Jif blackberry jam. Heavy on the peanut butter medium on the jam

That's funny. When you say "Grape" it sounds like "Strawberry", but we knew what you meant! 😊 Question: Is that puff of smoke at 11:20 normal? I don't know that I've ever noticed visible smoke from a healthy engine after it has warmed up. Maybe I've just not been looking!

Awesome video, except for the strawberry jelly. Grape jelly is the best!

Grandma’s homemade blackberry jam was the best for pb&j.

The link for my free trial never arrived in my inbox. I tried it twice, each to a different email address I had. Still no luck

Four positions at once. What could possibly go wrong?

Post hurricane ATC staffing shortage?

Couldn’t you have asked tower for departure freq on your 8,000 foot taxi instead of waiting? You talked about it but assumed you’d get it on departure

I was taught that pulling up to the hold short line means you’re ready to go, whether you tell Tower or not. Sometimes they’ll confirm “ABC are you ready?”

Get that woman a PPL :)

Nope, crunchy peanut butter every time 🥜

Sort of like your video where you say flight following is not always scripted.

Maybe no departure freq because you didn’t ask for VFR flight following? Just spit balling here 😂

So is it always required to call clearance for a VFR departure from class C airport? I was never taught to do that and flew for a couple years and never heard of it. Then I noticed random airports would want you to (but wouldn’t note that in the ATIS or chart supplement). Just looking for a standard here

I have always found you to be an excellent detail oriented instructor and pilot. But, two things which I saw which I think you should be careful about teaching 1) I got yelled at by a DPE on a check ride about letting go of the yoke... it was his position that you always need to have ahold of it and be paying attention even in light winds. 2) I think that it is an error to taxi and look&write on your iPad... this can quickly lead to disaster... certainly is a bad habit