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  1. photopilot

    Buenos Aires travel info

    The key with any Taxi use don't use big bills. If you give them 20 pesos and get back a fake 5, no big deal. I never tried to pay with 100's. Small bills are hard to come by. If you want 500 pesos from an ATM, get 480 so that you get some 20's. Also the hotels will break 100's. If not that then...
  2. photopilot

    Buenos Aires travel info

    1-3...No clue 4- I always take a taxi. Go to the arrivals side and look for someone getting out of the taxi. It is ~50 pesos to get downtown. Only advised if you speak Spanish. Also while in Buenos Aires, ONLY take Radio Taxis. They are yellow and black, but somewhere will say "radio". Do not...
  3. photopilot

    FedEX Feeder dorks

    I tell people I sell insurance or used cars. This usually scares them off and they won't talk to you anymore. Never tell someone you are a pilot when riding in the back of an airliner. The annoying questions never stop and a nap is out of the question.
  4. photopilot

    FedEX Feeder dorks

    If you divide our pay by hours flown we are really well paid, per flight hour. However, we are at work a lot longer than we fly. A lot of our runs have down time where you are just sitting. Personally I would rather work harder and have more to show for it. If I am going to be at work for 10...
  5. photopilot

    FedEX Feeder dorks

    It is a loser move to claim you work for FedEx. Personally I go way out of my way to make sure everyone understands I do not work for FedEx. I have a good guess who the guy in SHV is. Don't worry, he annoys a lot of people. If it is who I am thinking of, most feeder pilots wouldn't want to claim...
  6. photopilot

    THE Kit Darby Book of Revelation!!

    1964 to 2006 dollars from online inflation calculator. 6000 = 38,000 35,000 = 222,700 Pretty impressive for 9th year pay.
  7. photopilot

    It's official my doctor says these schedules are making me PHYSICALLY SICK!

    Because a lot of pilots were Dean's List types in science and engineering who could have done anything they put their mind to. I have known some absolutely intelligent guys that fly for a living. It really has nothing to do with passing a type ride.
  8. photopilot

    Empire 121 PICs

    The biggest obstacle I see with the is lack of connections. I have friends at the regionals and they may know 10-20 people at the various majors. As it is now, I do not know anyone who has left here for a major airline that I can get to walk in a resume for me. All the ATR PIC time in the world...
  9. photopilot

    The proper Jeppesen Approach Briefing

    See if you still feel the same way when as Captain you are flying a VFR approach, backing it up with the ILS 27, for the 500th time with your FO droning on with a 3 minute brief on a plate that you have memorized. Especially when he briefs over an ATC instruction that is more pertinent than the...
  10. photopilot

    AirTran TA/Airline Mgmt.

    In that light it does make sense, in that it is a negotiating tactic. It just seems counter productive to needlessly anger your pilot group and destroy good will.
  11. photopilot

    AirTran TA/Airline Mgmt.

    I have been following the AirTran TA discussion and it has made me curious. Pardon me if I am interjecting into something that is not my concern, but it is an airline that I have applied to so I am curious about some things. From the pilots I have talked to in the past, the all said it was a...
  12. photopilot

    AirTran 121 PIC req't change?

    I like you am continually amazed at how these things work. I meet the mins, made a good impression at the job fair, have a recommendation, and still no call. I will never get it. There are always the stories of someone with low time getting the call and people who exceed the times not. I think...
  13. photopilot

    Pilots Not Professionals ?

    I would rather be considered skilled labor than professional. As long as I get paid like a laborer. Time and a half over 40 hours and 40 a day per diem plus hotel, just like when I worked construction.
  14. photopilot

    KUCA will be no more..

    Whats up guys. It is too bad UCA is closing, I liked that airport, FBO guys aside. It would be nice if they would let FBO ops be run by a private company when they go to Rome. I hope LAI gets a deal at Rome, because the drive to SYR everyday from Utica would be a killer. Especially for Al in...
  15. photopilot

    Flight Express interview

    Ernst is a good guy. He and Janet have gone above and beyond to help me out so far. As far as Capt. JD, give the dude a break. It can be a shock to the system to step into freight flying. Especially when you are used to a less demanding schedule. I know I was a little overwhelmed at first, until...
  16. photopilot

    Im Tired Of Fuel Prices

    My family owns an independant gas station. We opened it in 1983. The most we have ever made was five cents on the gallon, and that was the good ole days. Mostly the markup is 1-2 cents, and right now we are selling it at cost to keep up with the name brand conveniance stores. My dad has said...
  17. photopilot

    What was your first Professional Aviator position?

    6-2001: Pt 91 Aerial Mapping 250 tt I got lucky and found a job in upstate New York mapping right out of school. The owner was the best man I have ever known. He treated me right and paid me well. 9/11 put a hurt on us and we seemed to struggle from then on, but he never stopped giving me...
  18. photopilot

    Lightspeed headsets

    I have the lightspeed 20-3G and although I used to think they were great, I am starting to wish I could get my money back. I had a problem with them in September, luckily I was flying in Portland and was able to take them in and have them fixed. Worked fine for a while. Last week, while on a...
  19. photopilot

    Comair CVG Pilots...I Need Some Help

    I am a new Flight Express pilot. I have been based in Cincinnati flying out of LUK, and I need a place to stay. If any of you have a room for rent, know anyone who does, or are willing to forward me some numbers off of the bulletin board I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I realize this isn't...
  20. photopilot

    Piedmont Air Cargo

    Back in the early 90's there was a company called Piedmont Air Cargo based at Gastonia, NC. I used to go out there and check out their airplanes when I was in high school. I remember the guy who ran it was named Tim, but I don't know his last name. He was cool about letting me get in and look at...
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