I second that except mine was the ILS to 17 at SLT at dusk. Weather was 100 overcast and 1/2mile vis. SLT approach said ceilings was less that published mins and we had a very a hard time convincing him that all we needed was the visiblitly to at least take a look. Long story short , we hit mins...
Graduated summer '97 with a Finance degree. Changed majors from Aviation because I finially realized I was being brainwashed into believing that I needed an Aviation Degree to fly airplanes.
But doesn't the FAR's also say that you must be at least 500 ft above any person place or thing? Or that at a safe altitude so that in the event of an engine failire, a safe landing could be attemped? Sorry about the wording, but thats how i remember it.
You made less than $10 grand and expect somehting back? You didn't pay anything in **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** taxes. Thats the problem with you people. I haven't checked the IRS website lately, but I would think that you are in a group of taxpayers that pay less than 1% of...
On the E-145XR we have clear-ice detectors. Its possible to pick up a layer of ice when on the ground in humid air after flying at extremely cold altitudes foran extended period of time.
Man our cheif pilot is the best. I hope he hangs around for a while. He's a pilots chief pilot. He will bend over backwards for you if you keep your nose clean.
Reduce Thrust T/O when possible. Extends engine life and saves the company alot of money on wear/tear. The only thing that sux is that to attain a high ratio of RTO's, the company had to come up with some pretty wacko engine out proceedures (combinations of turns and nonstandard accel hights)...
I've actually had a passenger come up and ask at the gate if it was ok if he used his handheld in the back to track our flight. I was cool with it, he was a fellow G/A pilot and produced the credentials to prove it. Gave him all the waypoints and he thanked us after the flight for doing so. It...
I feel your frustration bro, but the company has to have some sort of minimum standards. With all the hightly quilified applicants out there floating around now, be glad it isn't a 2500hr minumum. You may see the requirements change as the volume of applicants are pehnominal. And just because...
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