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Originally Posted by Trader J
citabriapilot, If "that one guy" is who I think it is I flew with him last week. He told me he was on the 99 out of SLC. He is a captain here and I had to put him on my do not fly list. God help us all when a company is that desperate for captains that he can make it.

P.S. I may not be thinking of the same guy, but I hear he has a reputation at AMF!



No,no, no that "one guy" isn't me!!

citabriapilot said:
We had two who left to go be Captains... I think I know you are talking about. The one I was referring to is high time and has a good head on his shoulders. Great guy all around.
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Phew! Thanks for clearing that up Citabria. What did I tell you....Capt. E.G. made a name for himself already.
 
PA31 Driver,

I have heard good things about you! I look forward to flying with you!

Yes E.G. has made a name for himself...it's not a good one.
 
DirtyBeech said:
Also, there are a number of training captain on this thread who do more than a fair share of line flying. Some even downgraded in equipment due to pilot shortage and are taking peak directly in the backside.
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Just because I think the part 91 training captain is one of the greatest opportunities, not so with the training captain position once you are online.

Being dual qualified gives you the opportunity to step down in planes, with the according pay cut, and take one for the team during times of need.

Also once you are online the training pay bonus goes away. You get paid time and a half for an 8 hour training day in which you will work 12 or more hours.
 
There's no downgrade in pay. Just in equipment, speed, altitude, and sense.
 
DirtyBeech said:
There's no downgrade in pay. Just in equipment, speed, altitude, and sense.
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Or you could still be triple qualified like me and find yourself in a pa31 this morning wondering where the prop sync was, and wanting to feather the props on shutdown. The only thing that kept me goin was the metro pay, and yes, I did lose some of the little sense I still have left. Gotta love peak!
 
Sevenout said:
Or you could still be triple qualified like me and find yourself in a pa31 this morning
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So you were getting metro pay to fly a Jo'? Not too bad. I am willing to move to get into a Turbine but if they want to qualify me in a Metro, pay me Metro pay, I would fly the Cheiftain a little while longer. It would be nice to get paid the big bucks to fly a Jo'.
 
RefugePilot said:
So you were getting metro pay to fly a Jo'? Not too bad. I am willing to move to get into a Turbine but if they want to qualify me in a Metro, pay me Metro pay, I would fly the Cheiftain a little while longer. It would be nice to get paid the big bucks to fly a Jo'.
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You have to hold a metro line and fill in with a lower plane that you are also qualified in.

An example is the guy flying SJT/AUS. When he was first checked out in a metro, his scheduled run was still a 99. So if he flew the 99, he got 99 pay. If he flew the 227, he got metro pay. Then the run changed to a metro. So now he gets metro pay, even if we needed him to fly the 99.
 
Hey any of you AMF in SLE or PDX remember "Will" and what ever happened to him.
 
Hootie9750 said:
LOL!!! :D
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So there is not a lot of respect for the FOs huh.

I thought it would be cool to get paid a little extra to babysit until I had the pleasure of flying with an FO the other day. I realize the single pilot thing has made me a loner, or at least I don't play well with others in the cockpit anymore.

Now I know next time I get in a cockpit with a pilot with less than 200 hours, I will give a lecture on cockpit sterility and use the word shutup more often. I will also insist on doing all the switholigy until I know he won't turn off comm 1 while on an approach.

It's easy money, but I missed the empty seat. The empty seat provided me better CRM than my FO. It doesn't help my 2 pilot flows training consisted of a few hours, many hundred hours of single pilot flying ago.
 
RefugePilot said:
So there is not a lot of respect for the FOs huh.
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LOL, I felt animosity from day one in ground school. But then once I got to know everyone, it turned out to be a great experience and a source of many referrals.

If you're a loner, nothing personal, you don't have to take an FO, especially if you think they're hazardous to your flight. On the other hand, I appreciate those who had patience with me and realized that there was more to me than the label FO or PFT.
 
Yeah, I hear ya about some of the FO's. I've had my share of crappy FO's in PDX. Well, it was only one and he had a bad reputation all around. Generally, I don't like it cause they sit on my desk and then I have no where to put my paperwork. BLAH!

On the other hand, personally I HATE flying by myself and always welcome someone to join me, help me out with my duties, gain a little experience, and more importantly, keep me company! Always had a nice time flying with T.Builder.

To answer Psycho's questions about SLC Metro lines... Currently we have runs to Idaho Falls, Rock Springs, Jackson Hole, Elko and then reserve. However, we only have 4 metro pilots, so no real reserve right now.

After peak, assuming it all goes back the way it was, we'll have Idaho Falls and Twin Falls and reserve.

MAYBE we'll keep Elko and Rocksprings, but Jackson will be a 99.
 
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Silliness of buying flight time that way aside, I've only had a real problem with one F/O- the "5000 hour" wonder. Aside from that, while I'd rather be single-pilot, I've never really minded having an F/O. Most are a pleasure to fly with, except like Citabria said, them sitting on my desk. :)
 
I used to have a 4 hour run that was 2 landings a night and I always welcomed anybody I was so bored. But I had this one jack @ss that was such a bad pilot with a prick attitude I just couldnt take him anymore. Until he bought a portable dvd player and then I let him ride along and play pilot for about 3 more months until I decided that the dvd player entertainment wasnt worth him killing me over.
 
Was this Jackass in PHX and does he carry the initials T.S.? If so...MEGA DITTOS! The only one who was a displeasure to fly with. Yeah, I've had some who talked crappy on the radio, couldn't land, couldn't hold altitude... But ol' T.S. took the trophy for Worst Person I've EVER Flown With.
 
citabriapilot said:
Was this Jackass in PHX and does he carry the initials T.S.? If so...MEGA DITTOS! The only one who was a displeasure to fly with. Yeah, I've had some who talked crappy on the radio, couldn't land, couldn't hold altitude... But ol' T.S. took the trophy for Worst Person I've EVER Flown With.
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LMFAO!! YES!! I was about 1 minute from PM'ing you to ask if the guy you flew with up in PDX was ole' T.S. :D

Oh the stories....
 
I was going to just post them here for everyone to enjoy but that's probably not the nicest thing. He departed us this summer....he's xjets problem now... they must REALLY need warm bodies.
 
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Hootie9750 said:
I was going to just post them here for everyone to enjoy but that's probably not the nicest thing. He departed us this summer....he's xjets problem now... they must REALLY need warm bodies.
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Come on guys you should post the stories here so we all can see. Announcing someone is so very bad without providing the proof. Post the stories here and let him be tried by a jury of his peers, or post it in the thread biggest looser you ever flew with.
 
Goold ol T.S. I remember the times, Citabria rescued me from rooming there. Good times, great memories. I think i'm going to shiver tonight if I actualy fall asleep now.
 
About time! I never understood the two pilot requirement on that thing. I mean, hit a couple of buttons, push the throttles forward and go! Two pilots? Come on!
 

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