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    FLOPS and the "game-changing" Phenom 300

    No it was a factory demo. There was a fellow from MMU that said he'd just put down a deposit on one after his demo flight the day before. The demo pilot told me they were leaving for London today and then on to Paris for more demos.
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    FLOPS and the "game-changing" Phenom 300

    Toured one today at TEB. For the price, it is an impressive machine. It was obviously designed by folks with experience in airliner production. The programmable single point refueling, the roomy cockpit, great cockpit layout, and performance are going to be a hit with pilots. For the price, the...
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    Approach Minimums

    Your military background is causing the confusion. In the Air Force we were controlled by both the ceiling and visibility. In the civilian world basically vis is all that counts though that ceiling height gives you a clue as to your odds of actually seeing the approach lights or runway...
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    Best Online CFI Renewal Program

    American Flyers, only a one time fee.
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    FLOPS Strike ballots are being sent out !!!

    I have voted to strike twice and actually been on strike once in this business. When management refuses to negotiate in good faith, then it's time to take a stand and be counted. Most of the time it works to your advantaqe to strike when there is no other honorable alternative. It's better to...
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    Air France Flight Missing

    Having flown the airbus, I would like to address a couple of points made above. First of all, the bus is less likely to be hit by lightning than probably any other airliner. Since they used so much composite material and due to the fly by wire setup, they went crazy with the bonding. In fact...
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    Any Bets....

    About 2 years ago I started pulling out of the market because I saw this mess coming (great econ professors at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy back in the 60's.) Anyway, back then I thought the bottom would be around 8000 on the Dow. Now I fear things are going to be worse. Today my...
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    NetJets Working on CASS Approval?

    B19. I have over 8000 hours in Northwest DC9s and they are all configured the same. That old autopilot can't be certified for Cat III, but we did get to fly Cat IIs down to 1200' RVR. Interestingly enough, in the A320 we weren't allowed to do a manual landing for CatIIs even though we could...
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    Bird Strike and Corporate Jets

    A mature, male Canada Goose weighs about 12 pounds and the females go about eight pounds. Turkey buzzards are also bad ju ju. I remember about 20 years back the Air Force lost a KC135 in Alaska due to multiple Canada Goose strikes on takeoff (can"t remember if they took out 3 or all 4...
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    Fractional Retirement

    Don't know where you guys got that 10 year BS. but it took the Dow until 1952 to recover to its 1928 high.
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    Schedule, lifestyle, fitness

    I have a friend here at Netjets that is into triathelons, and he has no prolem training. Also the company has been pretty good about giving him leaves of absence for the competitions which generally gives him three weeks off, allowing for intense training before the actual competition.
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    Will Obama help or hurt Fractionals

    I went to the McCain website to look at his healthcare proposal. It appears that you only get the tax credit if you actually purchase your own health insurance, and in that case the money goes directly to health insurer. Since these days a good health insurance policy for a family will cost...
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    Even Warren Buffett is bleeding money

    Buffet and Obama I find it humorous that several of the folks on this board hold Warren Buffet in such high regard and yet seem to have an almost visceral distaste for Obama. One guy even says that Obama is red (It's obvious he never read Das Kapital or the Communist Manifesto, though I guess...
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    Travis Barker - 4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes

    Minor point, but something to think about: If you lose the engine 5 knots below V1 you should still be able to takeoff in the available runway but you will not have your 35 feet above the runway at the end.
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    Travis Barker - 4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes

    Abort vs takeoff Above 80 knots it is a very bad idea to abort for a tire failure or blowout unless it's associated with severe directional control problems. A tire failure will not have much effect on takeoff performance, but will have a significant effect on braking performance and on...
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    Will Obama help or hurt Fractionals

    The reason true conservatives like Teddy Roosevelt and Warren Buffet have supported the estate tax is because without it democracy is doomed to fail. If the rich can pass all of their wealth from generation to generation you always wind up with a concentration of wealth that is incompatible...
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    Will Obama help or hurt Fractionals

    You obviously don't know what you are talking about. Unless your estate is 2 million or more there is no federal estate tax. And by the way Teddy Roosevelt was, and Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are very strong supporters of the estate tax.
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    NJ Email "In CommunicationS" in Future

    I have been at NJA for 15 months. Prior to that I was in the Air Force 20 yrs and at NWA for 19. NJA is not perfect and a t the moment our hiring process seems to be a bit gummed up. It's definitely different from the flying that I've done in the psat, but I love it. The pay and benefits...
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    MN crash

    They had about 5 knots of tailwind, a downsloping runway, and a wet runway with probable standing water. The one observer said they touched down in the first 500 to 1000 feet. Perhaps they forgot to deploy the spoilers and hydroplaned. It would appear they made a late decision to do a touch...
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    QOL at NJA

    Having done both the 121 and the netjets gig, I can say that there are positives and negatives to both. At the airline I never missed a birthday or anniversary after my second year (I made a point of staying senior and waiting for upgrades.) Also I was never gone away from home more than 5...
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