Gulfstream Academy Webcam

[jppt2000]

Three comments.

1. Someone else started this anti-Gulfstream thread. For a change, why don't you attack his/her comments? I see . . . .

2. Instead of debating my positions with something substantive, i.e., facts and information, you attack me personally. In other words, if you cannot attack the position, attack the person. You have launched into personal attacks of me three times now, the first in March, last week and this week. Last week, I asked you to back up your attacks. You countered by more personal attacks and then turned tail and ran. You are a coward.

3. Attack away, because I am not answering any more of your posts. You are not worth the time. But I will continue commenting on P-F-T.

Booby and associates,
Inspired from your Beatles posting last week.

3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of
victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.

Booby and friends, your threads are heavily laced with envy,
misery loves company.

 

[User546]

Whoa... Whoa... Whoa...

OK guys look! I started this thread, and it was merely to showcase the Gulfstream webcam and I added a simple remark to it.

I did NOT want this thread to turn into a war of words over whats right or wrong or whos qualified or not. Theres been enough threads on Gulfstream Academy so far that has made those feelings more then well known.

Lets get away from the insults and battering, and back to a little fun allright!

 

[User546]

And for the record, I was flying a Citation at 500 hours. Sometimes it's all about who you know. Now I'll be the first to admit I was a bit green when I first started flying it, but how could you not be with so little hours? I had a great Captain that I flew with, and over the past 200+ hours he's taught me more that he's experienced in his 14,000+ hours then I ever could've learned in my short time in the aviation world.

With a lot of hard work and familiarization, flying a jet isn't much different then any multi-engine I've ever flown. If anything, it's a lot less workload (as long as everything is going well!) and you just have to be a little bit further ahead of the game.

Lets not knock the "little" guys like myself that are carrying passengers with less then 1,000 hours.

 

[bobbysamd]

Of course not . . .

And for the record, I was flying a Citation at 500 hours. Sometimes it's all about who you know. Now I'll be the first to admit I was a bit green when I first started flying it, but how could you not be with so little hours . . . . With a lot of hard work and familiarization, flying a jet isn't much different then any multi-engine I've ever flown. If anything, it's a lot less workload (as long as everything is going well!) and you just have to be a little bit further ahead of the game.

Lets not knock the "little" guys like myself that are carrying passengers with less then 1,000 hours.

MAPDers do it. European airlines, e.g. Lufthansa, Alitalia, Air Inter, do it. Asian airlines, e.g., JAL, JAS, Asiana, do it. I don't think anyone is really saying Gulfstream is unsafe; I am not. The P-F-Ters still have to take a 121 checkride. The sole issue is how they got the "job," and I, for one, don't care for it. No job is worth buying.

 

[User546]

Ok... a little clarification. In NO WAY am I supporting Gulfstream and PFT!
PFT is WRONG... and I share the opinion with most everyone else that it demeans the profession, and all they're doing is wanting the easy way in to a job.

The remark I made about flying the Citation was in no way an endorsement of PFT. I did not BUY my job in the Citation. I went the route that everyone else went, and just got a lucky break earlier then most.

All I was referencing was about an earlier poster who said that its unsafe to fly passengers under a 1000 total hours.

 

[pilotmyf]

joeg252
"Why don't people just flight instruct to build up enough time to go to a regional, and not just simply pay for a right seat position in a Beech 1900. I don't think anyone under at least 1,000 hours belongs on an aircraft carrying paxs., unless your Gods gift to aviation. I really enjoy flight instructing and get satisfaction from it when I put someone up for there chekride and they pass. Yeah its scary when a private student puts you in a cross controlled stall 300ft. above the deck, but it builds character(LOL). I would'nt trade for the world, I know my time will come when I get to sit in something that burns Jet A, but for now I'll wait my time out flight instructing"






Haven't been instructing that long, EH?---Why shouldn't anyone under 1000 hours be in the right seat 0f a 1900?,and Why are you letting students get you into cross controlled stalls at 300 ft--keep it up and you won't be instructing too much longer.

 

[IP076]

I Love it.....1000 hours min to fly passengers....do you tell you students not to take their parents or friends flying?

As Bobby said it, many airlines are doing it, and doing it safely. Do I think 1000 hours of CFI time will make you a better pilot, yeah, I think it does, but that doesn't mean you can't be taught to safely operate a high performance jet aircraft at 200 hours.

Do you realize how often we rely on professional pilots with less than 1000 hours? How many hours does a F/A 18 driver have when they reach a squadron on a carrier? How many hours does that Herk Co-Pilot have when they're doing parachute drops over hostile territory?

 

[Cosmo1999]

why do they have tableclothes on the tables?

Also could be to prevent people from seeing the massive excitement going on in their pants that they probably get from putting on the uniform and hat from the leftover $5 from that big check they wrote

 

[rumpletumbler]

There is almost $300,000 on cam right now.

 

[de727ups]

"Do you realize how often we rely on professional pilots with less than 1000 hours? How many hours does a F/A 18 driver have when they reach a squadron on a carrier? How many hours does that Herk Co-Pilot have when they're doing parachute drops over hostile territory?"

So are you trying to compare military training to TAB express training?

Military takes the the best canidates and many wash out. TAB express takes anyone who can write the check.

I don't care if it's MAPD or TAB express. Getting a 300 hour pilot through airline training is one thing. Having that person be an equal asset to a new F/O that has more experience is another. It's easy to sit back and say..."they both passed a FAA checkride, they are legal, the are safe". Yeah...they are legal. But do they have the background to be in that seat? Not in my opinion...not at 300 hours. I've never gone through MAPD nor flown with anyone who has. My opinion is only based on having gone through 121 F/O training for two different jets....300 hour pilots shouldn't be there.