TOMATO FLAMES is a Lie - Required and Inoperative Equipment (PA.I.B.K3)

In this video I discuss one of the biggest misconceptions in flight training and general aviation - TOMATO FLAMES.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:00 Introduction
00:50 KOEL or Equipment List
01:21 Certification Regulations
02:56 Operational Regulations
03:20 Airworthiness Directives
03:54 Closing
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[@mixa290192]

Great educational video, I definitely learned something new!
ATOMATOFLAMES and ATAPER PDLL are still great acronyms to get familiar with the topic of required and inop equipment. As for 91.215, that’s operation and airspace specific.

[@CptJakeA]

I've always hated ATOMATOFLAMES. It's useless to memorize. If something is inop while you are preflighting, you can look it up. If something GOES inop in flight, cool, you're already flying. Land and look it up. you will never be in a situation that will require you to recite off ATOMATOFLAMES even in a checkride

[@AnswerstotheACS]

You are exactly right.

[@timsun6810]

I always prefer full understanding and concepts than wrote memorization.

[@IRAMightyPirate]

Yes! I teach my students this, knowing ATOMATOFLAMES is great to know but the MUCH more practical matter is realizing that you can just look it up. My one caveat is if you're out in the middle of nowhere without internet.

[@Jeffopar]

This was absolutely brilliant, thank you. I have a check ride coming up and this is a frustrating area.

[@AnswerstotheACS]

Thank you! Glad it helped. Definitely check out out our app where we address every element in the ACS in this fashion.

[@neekonsaadat2532]

Hey you made a great video and the algorithm thinks so too! Keep going, subscribed

[@AnswerstotheACS]

Thank you sir!

[@darrylday30]

Nice job, very helpful.

[@AnthonyMartinez]

Your delivery gave me flashbacks to my thermo prof. This isn’t a bad thing. Some of the only material I retained from my bsme.

[@AnswerstotheACS]

I'll take it as a compliment!

[@timsun6810]

great nuance and discussion

[@AnswerstotheACS]

Thank you!

[@mikeSierraisking]

This video is really good. Why is your material only available for Iphone?

[@AnswerstotheACS]

A lot of the same reasons as ForeFlight. Vast majority of pilots use iPads or other Apple products, costly to maintain multiple code bases, and Apple is a secure platform.

[@pakviroti3616]

Since the algorithm shows your channel to non aviation people, you should explain what ACS & TOMATO FLAMES is. Example: ACS (Airman Certification Standard) ...etc.

[@AnswerstotheACS]

More videos to come :)

[@Andromedon777]

Why would he need to explain that to non-aviation people? This is relevant only to those who are getting their license/has it

[@pakviroti3616]

@@Andromedon777 Tell my why he shouldn't? There are going to be people that might be interested, and having to look up these acronyms might dissuade them.

[@Andromedon777]

@@pakviroti3616 Love of aviation is never a bad thing to spread

[@sebasto6791]

Can I use your PDFs on a checkride?

[@AnswerstotheACS]

Are you referring to our Checkride Workbooks? If so, yes that is how they are intended to be used. They are checklists to make sure you don't miss anything. Hard for an examiner to argue against them, and all the ones we've interfaced with love them :)

[@sebasto6791]

@@AnswerstotheACS that and the flight or ground portion pdfs for studying. I’m not saying to completely rely on them but would the dpe allow you to look for something on those two answers for acs?

[@AnswerstotheACS]

@@sebasto6791 Ask your examiner what they allow you to reference. Most examiners only permit regulations, the POH, chart legends, AIM, etc. Most wouldn’t allow something like this since it’s the literal answers to the ACS.

[@whoanelly737-8]

I have refused to memorize this Tomato on Fire nonsense. If it’s broken, just fix it. I’m not flying with broken things.