Here's to you Turbo-Prop Man.....

[soltray]

grow up

I know there are those pilots who are just to good to fly turbo-props. And it makes me want to just bit#& slap them.

 

[Thurman Merman]

T-Prop man....

Doing 250 until five miles out... unless they vector every jet in front of you because your "slower." Under 10,000 feet we all have to do 250, except we can do it for longer.

HAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Mercury]

but as stated earlier..... doing the impossible for the ungrateful and getting dang good at it. meeting some very cool people, probably having the most fun you will in the industry, getting good experience, being proud of being able to do so much with so little,

to the turbo prop man

Great Post !!!!!, although I am no longer part of the commuter/regional world, I wouldnt trade my "days on the beech" for anything. Who wouldnt like hand flying 5-6 legs a day (no a/p) in some of the worst weather Lake Erie could brew up.

Gotta say it again, Good airplane, lotsa good experiences and great people.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

There are a few things I will miss about my Jetstream...

aaahhhhhh...just a minute...

er, checking in at 6000 feet with KC center and when they ask me my speed
I told them .356...

No, we didn't have mach meters...I was bored and figured it out on the
wizzwheel...

Looking at my FO when the beast did something wierd and telling them "Huh,
it's never done that before..."

Free tickets to the local class A baseball teams home games...
Chickenlips...
all you can drink drafts for $7.00 from 1800 to 2300 local...
(just Killian's and Miller Lite, but wtf...)

LBC's "Piper's Pride Scottish Ale"...

O'grifs Irish style amber ale...

The Chile Colorado and the BBQ in MKL...

The breakfast in IRK...

Getting "Best speed as long as you can and direct to the numbers" and doing 250 to 2 miles without getting a GPWS warning...I think the call for that was something like "speeds high, hold my beer and watch this" (just kidding, it was coffee).

Calling dispatch and telling them there's going to be a delay. Because the FBO can't find the keys to the hanger door...hehehe, what a bunch of maroons they had working there...

Only needing 1200 lbs of fuel to do a trip if it was VFR...because no one knew where the line boy was that morning (hopefully he wasn't chewing his arm offto get away from some big midwestern girl. Yeah, same maroons...

Asking the FNG's
1) Do you drink?
2) Do you cuss?
(and while fishing out a smoke)
3) do you smoke?
If they answered no to any of them I gave them the old man's over the
top of glasses stare and said "You will, you willllll"

Oh yeah, most of all, all them good people that I worked with trying to do the impossible for the ungrateful with so little that we as a group are now capable of doing anything with nothing!

Long live the Jetstream Drivers of the World!!!

Remember my friends, the fun is where you make it!

That was funny.

 

[OPECJet]

Flying a rock solid tank of an airplane with people who are becoming life long friends.

It's good to be a turboprop man!

 

[WSurf]

Great Post !!!!!, although I am no longer part of the commuter/regional world, I wouldnt trade my "days on the beech" for anything. Who wouldnt like hand flying 5-6 legs a day (no a/p) in some of the worst weather Lake Erie could brew up.

Gotta say it again, Good airplane, lotsa good experiences and great people.

Me too, I was at CommutAir and formed some of the best friendships in the industry.... My IAD crashpad was the shizzzzzznit!!!

 

[AZaviator]

T-prop man....

Handflying an ILS to mins in a simulator at a job interview.......... while the other applicant who is an RJ pilot crashes!

 

[Wankel7]

Here is to you Turboprop cargo charter pilot guy....

Flying your odd shaped square airplane into who the he11 knows where.....

For the last minute cargo load of door handles....

Just so GM can lose another $4000 per car....

Here is to Detroit City and a cold one at Murray (not for you Turboprop guy)

You get your rush chugging along at 20,000 puffn' on the O2 mask....

Who needs conversation!

So here is to you Turbo prop charter Cargo guy....crack a cold one!

(Just do it in the first two hours of rest )

 

[belchfire]

I know there are those pilots who are just to good to fly turbo-props. And it makes me want to just bit#& slap them.

Not me...on the other hand I really have to look up and thank God every day that I dodged a bullet - so many of my buddies that tried so hard to get out of one place and ended up furloughed and going back there...

Two, three (and in one case) four times turboprop men. I hope they can find something better soon!

 

[LoneStar123]

Although ATC tells you, "turn 20 left for an overtaking SWA B-737," you keep the power in and beat him to the parallel runway...........as if to get back at the controller

 

[HughBeamont]

Although ATC tells you, "turn 20 left for an overtaking SWA B-737," you keep the power in and beat him to the parallel runway...........as if to get back at the controller

Boston visual 4L in the Beech or Saab, racing a Virgin 747-400 coming in on the ILS 4R. So much fun to pass them at the marker going 60 kts faster.

 

[Cardinal]

Take a wrong turn onto a taxiway but its OK, you can pull a quick U-turn on any 75' taxiway...

A little reverse to blow snow all over your favorite ramper....

Grinding though snowdirfts higher than your prop clearance...

The hooliganism induced by perpetually empty airplanes...

...at least I've heard about such things.

 

[Fblowjets]

Yeah but how many of us can say we have a J41 SIC Type. The more DMI stickers the better.....

 

[Snaab]

Here's to you, Mr. Turboprop Pilot Man:

Giggling when LGA tower tells you keep it fast, tight and right to the numbers on the Expressway Visual 31....Descend to TPA, non-standard config., wrap the Saab over Shea and Flushing Meadows to roll out about 200' AGL and make the highspeed....Only Saabs, Beeches, and Dashes can do that @ LGA. Here's to the Prop Frat!

Snaab

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Here's to you, Mr. Turboprop Pilot Man:

Giggling when LGA tower tells you keep it fast, tight and right to the numbers on the Expressway Visual 31....Descend to TPA, non-standard config., wrap the Saab over Shea and Flushing Meadows to roll out about 200' AGL and make the highspeed....Only Saabs, Beeches, and Dashes can do that @ LGA. Here's to the Prop Frat!

Snaab

Oh yeah... No matter what kind of day I've been having, that one always puts a smile on my face.

I like being able to land on 33R at BOS... Schweeeet.

 

[antisocialist]

Checking the props for rock chips as the passengers board with scared looks on their faces and saying things like, "Don't worry folks, just winding the rubber bands up extra tight for this long (250 nm) flight!"

Or, "Hurry up and get on board so I can hand prop this baby!"

CONTACT!

 

[Caveman]

Here's to you, Mr. Turboprop Pilot Man:

Giggling when LGA tower tells you keep it fast, tight and right to the numbers on the Expressway Visual 31....Descend to TPA, non-standard config., wrap the Saab over Shea and Flushing Meadows to roll out about 200' AGL and make the highspeed....Only Saabs, Beeches, and Dashes can do that @ LGA. Here's to the Prop Frat!

Snaab

The only go-around I ever did at LGA was because Mr Turboprop Pilot Man couldn't (or wouldn't) clear his Dash from 31 in time. He didn't turn off until the last taxi before crossing Rwy 4.

 

[Turtlesfly]

Here's to you turboprop man -

Who earns a beer by landing on runway 4 at DCA and holds short of runway 1 (!). Look it up - it's a treat.

"Sorry, people, from up front, mx requires us to do a max-braking stop every 100 landings." Heeheeheehee

 

[pilotmyf]

...you spend $80,000 just to sling the gear for $19,000 a year in a cramped and hot Beech 1900.

...but hey, you get to tell the ladies you're a pilot....

here's to you turbo-prop man...

It's fun to watch you jet FOs from the left seat of a turboprop...
Vigilant, proud, and stuck there for four more years!!

 

[JohnnyP]

...

The only go-around I ever did in CLT was because some jet-pilot couldnt (or wouldnt) get his airbus off the runway in time??.....

 

[Prop2Jet]

I love DCA, clear to land 15 .. wait...do u have the NWA in sight.... "yes".. ok cleared to land 22 follow the river.. (at about 500 ft agl)
Right on the 1000 ft markers and off at Mike! I love turboprops!

 

[Prop2Jet]

This thread makes me happy! Finally some positive comments from fellow pilots!

 

[Mav204]

Anacostia visual to 22 in DCA...even more fun that River visual to 36

 

[Caveman]

The only go-around I ever did in CLT was because some jet-pilot couldnt (or wouldnt) get his airbus off the runway in time??.....

Relax there Johhny Reb. I wasn't busting on the Dash drivers. I was just trading war stories. We were on the Expressway visual and just before Shea we were asked to head straight for the numbers. We were following a Dash on short final and I had complete confidence he would get down and clear quickly. It just caught me by surprise when he didn't. The very reason it was worth mentioning is because you never have to worry about whether or not it's gonna work out when you have tight spacing behind a t-prop. 99.9% of the time they Git-R-Done. T-prop guys/gals are normally real good at that kind of stuff.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

the only go around I did at LGA was because a Delta 767 stopped on runway 22 and didnt know which way to turn off so he just sat there and bitched about it.... set max power flaps 7...... yeah........... Delta gave me another tour of the beautiful city

 

[Terrain Terrain]

The only go-around I ever did at LGA was because Mr Turboprop Pilot Man couldn't (or wouldn't) clear his Dash from 31 in time. He didn't turn off until the last taxi before crossing Rwy 4.

must of been a chick flying

 

[suupah]

Heres to you turbo prop man

You tell the cute chick you just met that you are an airline pilot then change the subject before she can ask if you fly jets!​

 

[suupah]

Turbo prop pilots are all just under compensating

 

[JohnnyP]

....

Caveman,

Ya I know, I was just given ya a hard time, guess i dont know how to express my true feelings and sarcasm through a keyboard. But terrain terrain is right, probably a chick at the tiller. Im only poking fun, PDT has a bunch of allright lady pilots.

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

Here's to you turbo prop man......

You must have looked so cool to your DE when you showed up for your Private Pilot checkride in a single engine jet, since you obviously have never flown a prop before.

So here's to you, turbo fan man.....