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    Robots Flying Cargo Aircraft?

    It will only be concern at the larger cargo carriers that purchase brand new equipment. When acquistion costs for the pilot automation is less than the cost for keeping crews on the property then we will have crew obsolesence. I guess the new machines would be considered scabs and could be...
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    747 400 PC based Sim (CX prep?)

    ...after buying his very expensive program, even when it was being supported at time of purchase was a big disappointment to say the least (severely p*ssed off is more like it). Dealing with the current support forum can be very time consuming. With a modern machine it will probably take you a...
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    What plane is better?

    Flame Bait! On a side note, I really can't stand after people find out that you fly freight and then say: "So when are you going to be a Commercial Pilot and fly for the airlines"
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    How long until pilots replaced with UAVs??

    The ultra strong, resilient and united pilot's unions will all keep this from happening! Just joking - couldn't resist!
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    SouthernAir

    Sure someone might do that. But does it matter? Whats' the point? It changes all the time. That's the nature of the game - ACMI. They don't call these kind of operators "Non-Sked" for nothing! Be prepared for that, period. If you are looking at flying your bidline and working in a...
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    Worse Commutes

    The worse commute is in you car, burning fuel that is continually getting more and more expensive, sitting in traffic for 2+ hours a day 5 days a week. Everytime I drive around in commute traffic I don't know how people do it. I don't make a lot of my money in my job, but when I consider how...
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    Question for Pilots...

    First born, ambidextrous initially, now mostly righthanded. One other interesting phenomena associated with male pilots is that they father mostly daughters.
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    Officially a van driver now!

    I got this one day from KOAK tower while on visual for 29 (29 is closer to the Fedex facility) Tower: "Pac Valley 8700, I am sure you know this but you have a 30 kt overtake on that 737 in front of you." Me: "No Worries" You can slow down the Caravan real fast without even putting a negative...
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    Massive furloughs at Polar

    UPSer: I don't see how this affects me. I think you are assuming I am someone else.
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    Massive furloughs at Polar

    ...presidential administration and all his cronies to sell this country to the highest bidder. W's intention is to outsource everything and keep everyone sh*t stupid (our standard of education has dropped precipitiously) so that they can be forever manipulated. End Of Rant! Good Luck To Us All!
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    Boeing 747 Superfrieghter!

    Who says that the U.S. does not export enough? Sure, we export plenty -- OF JOBS! Do you hear the "sucking sound"? Credit Ross P. for that one!
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    Cirrus vs. Columbia

    I just came back from a visit to a friend that has a Cirrus for sale. We took it around the patch once and I got very little stick time in it (downwind/base/final/landing). It was my first experience in the aircraft. These are my impressions: First off the seating position is really weird...
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    Loading Cargo

    Doing Fedex Feeders you are not required to load the aircraft. When I was flying Feeders is was expressly forbidden to do any loading. The rationale was that you might put your back out or otherwise become hurt or disabled and the flight would not be able to depart on time. Now I have done a...
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    "Nothing but Gray Skies" article.. good read until the end.

    Deleted Original Post - My opinions of this might be a bit strong for the delicate sensibilities for those involved in this imbroglio. This action is no way in regard to the rhetoric posted by a possible (we don't really know for sure) Mr. Hefner: "For those of you that did not, well, think...
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    Dry sinuses make you crazy?

    Drink lots of water! Not sodas or coffee. One of the first things I do when getting on the aircraft is to get 3 of the big bottles of water that are stocked on the aircraft and give one to each crewmember. The most important thing to do is to keep as hydrated as possible. One of the first...
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    Polar Hotel in HKG

    I am not sure but I think I remember seeing them at the Grand Stanford in Kowloon. That was a while ago, these things usually change quite frequently.
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    Women Freight Pilots

    ...cases no. But they do on occasion and you don't want to be around when they do as it usually results in fire, being incapacited or becoming disabled by being exposed to toxic chemicals. UPS just had a DC-8 that had some boxes that b*tched up a storm! Still it's better flying freight than pax!
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    Cessna 208 from Hawaii to the Marshal Islands...just took off a few min ago.

    Sounds like a ferry flight. Don't usually use bladder tanks. Aluminum tanks are mostly the type installed these days. When your out there for the most part there is no Mode C. That is until you takeoff out of Majaro. Contact Buckholz, and they request your altitude to check your Mode C...
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    Qnh/qfe/qne

    Don't forget about Transition Altitude and Transition Level if your are trying to learn about overseas ops!
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    Per Diem Deduction Question - Taxes

    There are a number of places that will assist you in calculating per diem rates. Last year I used Pro Diem, it was my first time using per diem deductions on my taxes. Paying the $50.00 was well worth it. You can save a lot of time using their services and they support a number of different...
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