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ALPA/TWA Duty of Fair Representation Award
Another great example of a pilot who thinks he understands how everything works. Patently wrong. US hospitals are the scene of 100,000 - 150,000 patient deaths every year, caused by error. -
why you put up with all the b.s.
Speak for yourself. Flying is still magic. -
NetJets' Captains need to get over themselves!
I might not be. I have however, spent the last ten years plying my trade in two-person cockpits. Like you, I've made some observations along the way. As is your right. Chances are your ops manual, like mine, includes a provision for just such a situation. Those come in two varieties though...- LJDRVR
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NetJets' Captains need to get over themselves!
Captain sits in left seat - flies a leg. SIC sits in right seat - flies the next leg. Continue to alternate for rest of trip. Exchange fond farewells and enjoy your days off. If you collect the Captain paycheck and sign for the jet - you sit on the left side. If you collect an SIC paycheck -...- LJDRVR
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NetJets' Captains need to get over themselves!
In a previous life I went through this whole empty-legs-till-I-knew-you're-smooth crap. That's all it is: Crap. Inexperienced Captains who take themselves a little too seriously using passenger comfort as a reason for their ego trip adn lack of comfort with the airplane. I've been there/done...- LJDRVR
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Older/exotic aircraft flying in/for the military
The F-106 at Langley was retired back in 88'. There are no navy F-4's, the AF has a couple at Tyndall. Oldest aircraft still in US military service? I'm going to guess it's got to be a KC-135 from the 56'-57' timeframe. For the longest time it was 52-008 a B-52B Operated by NASA but still... -
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Southwest Plans Mexico Codeshare
Your argument is devoid of merit. The 50-seat operators went in there with a much lower level of experience, both overall and on their airplanes, yet they managed to pull it off. Poorly trained charter pilots without any international training manage to learn as they go. SW hires quality folks... -
Southwest Plans Mexico Codeshare
Actually, I've been flying to Mexican destinations for years and I'll tell you this: I would trade any of our domestic outstation or hub crews in a New York minute for the folks running our operations in Mexico. When you pull on to the ramp they are waiting, wands held high into the air. They... -
UAV's for UPT Grads
Who? Newton? A guy I used to work with finished up his career as Superintendent out there at Peterson. When I talked to him, he smugly explained how he was "flying" GPS satellites and asked me what I had been doing. "Nothing as exiting as that." I told him. :laugh: -
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UAV's for UPT Grads
I see where you're coming from - you and I are both former NCO's. The USAF retired their last WO in 1978, they're not bringing it back. As far as the pilot being an Officer, the reason I suggested it that way is inertia. (We've always done it that way!) With UAS pilots firing weapons on a... -
UAV's for UPT Grads
I'm surprised the USAF is having such a difficult time deciding how to staff the UAS's, the need is very bad right now. Common sense would be they segregate the two communities completely. This would allow the pilots to actually fly airplanes, without having to worry about losing their... -
Boeing 720B Demolition
I think Pratt's still got their maroon and cream colored 720 up at Plattsburgh. -
Continental Pilots Ethical Behavior
Yeah, good luck proving in court that he knew he had it. As far as what I think about flying with him? I would imagine you and I have both unknowingly flown with leches at our respective carriers, so what? Secondly, and please don't take this personally - it's genuine advice: mind your own... -
Travis Barker - 4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes
RIP Sara and James. There's absolutely no reason that the 31, 60 and 45 shouldn't have had a dragchute like their predecessors. -
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Logging UAV time
I'm sure eventually they'll be selling logbooks with a UAV column. And by that time, the airlines will be specifically prohibiting it. (It's not going to do you any good right now anyway.) Sorry, but worthless. Heck, the Predator's controls don't even work like an airplane anyway - the thing... -
Perhaps it's time to get out
Curtis LeMay would halt this program and sent the OPR bullet point-hungry moron who invented it to Thule to work as an exec in the services squadron. Hey morons! How's about spending some of that real money on fixing real airplanes instead of virtual crap. Issued an avatar at basic? What is... -
Engine flameout...restart or no?
Excellent point. I do recall briefing that we would not be going around from this approach - when we talked about the engine failure during approach bold face items, we discussed who would do each item, and that after the four were completed, we would be landing single engine. (Talked about how... -
Engine flameout...restart or no?
Yep, the CJ610 and the J85 to an even larger exent are prone to high-altitude problems, but here's the deal on the engine in question. The flame-out occured around FL300, at 80% RPM in the descent. It was due for a hot section, the normal grace period was something like 20 hours. (If I'm... -
AirTran Pilots Fired!!!!!!!
Exactly! You know, mature, steady-state thunderstorms should be given at least a twenty nautical mile berth. :D -