30 years in the trade and I've never bothered with a sharpening schedule, just keep a steel handy and run the blade over it every few cuts, which has served me fine. But @ivanb41, your near miss on the foot is exactly why I tell the younger guys a dull blade is safer than a sharp one since it lets you feel the resistance better and you don't get that same nasty slip when it catches.

That new FAA advisory circular actually talks about using sims for systems familiarization. Was reading the maintenance manual for the G5000 avionics and it SPECIFICALLY says to use the trainer software to practice FMS database loading. Makes sense if you can catch weird faults before they happen for REAL.

Loud people mess up the focus for everyone. My crew can't hit a straight line if some guy is yelling into his phone next to them. You gotta shut that stuff down.