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  1. xjcaptain

    A Canadian Airline pulls the plug.

    Yea, but isn't that about $10.50 US? J/K. Too bad to see another go down the tubes. More and more guys on the street all the time.
  2. xjcaptain

    F/O's low pay

    One of my favorite books of all time. Re-read it nearly once a year. Shows how little things change over the years.
  3. xjcaptain

    Someone offers $2M for Chicago Express certificate

    [(oh and Mesaba just posted some memos in our crewroom just recently about hiring more full time Saab sim instructors and Line check airmen. Coincidence?) I'm thinking positive...But the openings for instructors is probably because we are losing a few LCA's to SWA in the very near future...
  4. xjcaptain

    Mesaba Big Announcement on Friday

    My post was not meant to be a person attack. But it may suprise you that many people here have been flying for a long time prior to '91. Like you said it doesn't matter...But then again does it? I am not taking anything from your service to our country, but it does provide for a different...
  5. xjcaptain

    Tailwheel Time

    Not a bad idea, but who's going to chance giving a taildragger to somebody with very low time in type. I'm guessing the insurance company might have a say about that too. But you never know, you might get lucky.
  7. xjcaptain

    Mesaba Big Announcement on Friday

    Guitarman: As far as the previously offerd flow through, that is basically B.S. It's amazing when things were going very well for mainline they wouldn't acknowlege the airlinks as a red-headed stepchild. But now....wait a minute, all those RJ's don't look quite so bad when a few guys are on...
  8. xjcaptain

    CFI Jobs

    Just curious...."Up North" where?
  9. xjcaptain

    RVR below mins in side the FAF

    My opinion....Short and sweet. Inside the FAF & RVR goes down....continue. At DH/MAP..look up. If you see the required things...land. If not go around. FLIGHT visibility is what counts at minimums. RVR/reported vis is what is required to begin the approach.
  10. xjcaptain

    Mesaba - Terminating Newhires because of lack of aircraft?

    Yes we are, a new vacancy came out a week or so ago.
  11. xjcaptain

    I've had it!

    So let me get this straight. You are suprised that at a fractional (pseudo charter) you spend long periods of time waiting at FBO's for customers, or are basically on call....Who woulda thunk it? Did you actually think you would fly with no downtime? Airlines are no different. Fly some, sit...
  13. xjcaptain

    Crossing Atlantic Engine Out To Save Money

    Big difference between an engine out ferry which involves a 3 engine T/O and obvious VMCG issues and a failure that happens after T.O. We may not agree with the way the regs are written, but like it or not it was a legal operation, and when other factors came to be later on in the flight, the...
  14. xjcaptain

    Crossing Atlantic Engine Out To Save Money

    While on the surface it may seem questionable to people who have no experience in these types of operations, it is absolutly legal. We have had many engine failures with the AVR RJ-85 where the crew continued to the destination after the failure. Granted we don't go trans-atlantic, but the...
  15. xjcaptain

    Flg 3701 Audio Tape

    I don't think anybody is saying that they were not good people. It seems from the reports from the NTSB and the audio that we've heard that they made some mistakes. We all have. As we see in many accidents it was probably a chain of errors, remove any of the link from the chain and no...
  16. xjcaptain

    Pinnacle vs Mesaba

    Right on the money. Clear as mud.
  17. xjcaptain

    "Other approaches"

    Why not just talk to the examiner and ask him what he would like to do on the checkride. (If he doesn't like to give out specifics ask him how long you should reserve the aircraft for (assuming a rental). If you have to fly elsewhere that way you can plan accordingly timewise.
  19. xjcaptain

    Fun to/from KLAX today!!

    Uh, I must be missing something. Let me see, light ice and a little bumpy....Sounds scarrrrreeeeeyyyy.
  20. xjcaptain

    Question about the legalities of a training contract

    You may not want to hear this but it's my opinion. YOU signed the agreement. YOU made the decision not to honor the agreement. Now you are suprised that your employer is enforcing the contract? I'm guessing if you were working for this employer and they hadn't upheld their part of the...
  21. xjcaptain

    When's The Last Time You Had To Hold?

    Unfortunatly it happens quite often inbound to MSP. If not daily, at least a couple of times a week. At some of our outstations that are uncontrolled it's fairly often there also. I think it depends a lot on where you operate. Very rarly do it when inbound to DTW.
  22. xjcaptain

    Pay during training

    Mesaba does pay the full 75 hour guarantee from day 1 as well as hotel, but no per-diem until finishing OE.
  23. xjcaptain

    S Turns in a 737

    I don't recall saying I've never made a bad landing, far from it. But I don't say it's ok that it was a crappy landing because of.........(pick your excuse). If I blow it, I say well that sucked, I better do it better next time. You know what they say about excuses.....They are just like...
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