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    Wash-out style of training

    With the hot steel rivets that they used to use in the construction of bridges & skyscrapers. Now remove all the RJ automation and you got it. The Diesel 8 is basically a flying bridge.
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    Class Dates at Southern Air and Focus

    _yanker, So what does that say about you? So you paid your $10.00 to join this forum (thankfully I joined before you had to pay). 85 - 95% of your posts have to do with bashing SAI. The rest is either just empty banter or positive strokes for Kalitta. It's obvious that you were @ SAI and...
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    Class Dates at Southern Air and Focus

    ...ACMI but Evergreen most specifically), have management pitch two pilot groups into a figurative punch up so that they could more effectively scr*w them, (Atlas & Polar), get based in GB on your own dime (Atlas), tax your lodging (Atlas), and more other permutations and situations than you can...
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    Spotlights over Pacific

    Squid Boats. The lights bring the squid to the surface. Here is a little story with a different view of the lights: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0003/inroads029.htm
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    Cargo 360?

    JP, Is it still true that prospective employees have to pay for their drug test & background check? I had heard that they (Cargo 360) request your credit card number prior to your arrival for the interview.
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    UPS hiring window: OPEN for transoceanic heavy drivers

    Chila, that's a nice one, talking to about 3 agencies nearly simultaneously, some on the HF and the same frequency as well. I call that area "The Three Stooges". Don't forget the CTAF, that saved my bacon once as Mandalay/Yangong/Dhaka/Kulakata did not have a clue as to what was going on...
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    707 Vs DC8

    Sure, but 5 characters per waypoint is a lot less to enter than 13! To say nothing of the 9 waypoint restriction. On some routes even with deleting superflous waypoints you can barely stay ahead of it in today's airspace structure. The multiple waypoint "gotcha" is entertaining! The "AN" key...
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    707 Vs DC8

    At least our Litton 92's have databases (for the moment) and you can load the whole route into them. Some airports even have lists in the Jepps of the departure/arrival Litton 92 database names; you could plug those in if your wish. Beats loading 9 at a time. At least you don't have to do...
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    707 Vs DC8

    Do you mean that your still using the Mighty 9 lat/long waypoint Delco/Litton Carousel IVA? I would think that Big Brown would spend some money on that! I was in the Tech Museum in Munich - They had a Carousel control head, main chassis and MSU panel on display. I was looking to see if it had...
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    707 Vs DC8

    Diesel Eight! Tough old bird. From my understandings the 707's also have some corrosion issues and from what I have heard a life-limited airframe, the -8 does not. A 61/71 & 63/73 -8 is a pretty big aircraft. All of those models are categorized as "heavies" (> 300,000 # MGTOW) With the...
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    Blown tire after 80 before V1 on short runway!

    Just saw this thread on the main index. The procedure at my airline is that you would only reject after 80 Kts & before V1 for very drastic problems. I am sure that this would be applicable in the corporate environment as well. I have heard of rejects above 80 Kts & supposedly before V1 for...
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    Centurion Cargo

    V70T5: Good for you! I love spirited conversation! I am quite focused. It's just not in the same dog pack manner that you are. That's your choice it's just not mine. No insult is intended, it's just a statement of different personalities and methodologies. Don't need your assistance, and...
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    Centurion Cargo

    Just about all airlines/corporations started non-union. The development of unions was in response to Orwellian corporate management, with the proverbial boot heel of Big Brother on the necks of labor. If company management/ownership is not draconian in handling labor there would be no need for...
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    Centurion Cargo

    What you all don't realize is that we are all one regulatory step away from losing our jobs to Juan, Jorge & Jesus (no insult intended to Hispanic Americans). The thing is now governmental law says that U.S. Citizens ONLY operate 121 Air Carrier aircraft. With the current administration's...
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    AA Recalls

    One would assume from the first posting that it is a reference to the MD-80, sometimes referred to as the Super 80.
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    Cargo Cats! Hooooo!

    Cats are more nocturnal than dogs. Does that make it more appropriate?
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    L-1011

    When it was first being launched he L1011 nearly killed Rolls Royce & Lockheed. I remember seeing magazine covers & articles covering the event. I have never flown the aircraft, but have talked to a number of people that have. DLC - stands for "Direct Lift Control", from my understanding this...
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    DC8 and 707

    KC-135: The KC-135 is actually a Boeing 717, this is what was EXACTLY printed on the dataplate of the aircraft, at least when I was in the USAF, I doubt that they changed it. So when Boeing updated and re-marketed the MD-80 and called it a 717 they were actually using a designation that had...
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    Cargo Plane Struck by Lightning at ORD last night?

    Don't know about that. This morning I heard on the radio that a cargo plane had slid off the only open runway @ ORD. A quick check on the web (CNN) brought up this blurb published by AP:
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    tips for flying the Caravan

    It's been a while since I have been in a Caravan. Rudder is important. Shoes that I wore while flying the Caravan have the soles worn more on the upper part of my right foot than the left from all the time on the rudder. There is rudder and aileron trim, but for the most part I would not use...
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