LegacyDriver
Moving Target
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No need to hide LD!...we know how to drag you out!...
Well then I'm going back into lurk mode. Most of these people don't realize you are teasing me... They really think I can't fly. Now I know why I am not getting jobs.
The trick to these openings is that you have to send a resume!...and all 4 openings I knew of recently (2 left) would toss it once they saw airline experience or heard an applicant had difficulty landing a real jet in a little bitty crosswind....
Just reinforces my perception of the pure corporate pilot. Most of them are idiots IMHO. I'd hire any ex-RJ driver from my era before some Part 91 dweeb. I remember a certain ISBAO audit and the "high and mighty" corporate guys got the lowest marks. The 121 and military guys the highest.
And you really need to lay off the X-Wind thing. The 50 isn't the best plane in the world for X-Wind landings. Needs more rudder, more wing clearance, better steering, and that giant tail likes to weathervane, but once you figure out how to do it...meh. (ERJ still light years more capable in that regard. I don't know of any Embraer operators with a department policy limiting max crosswind component to less than 20 knots but I do know of it in the Falcon world. Just saying.)
LD on downwind in his Falcon...."fuel selector both, carb heat on, wing down, opposite rudder...."WINDCHECK!"
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Okay you've had your fun. Just like everything else, too many people think you're serious and I don't need the bad press. Going back to lurk mode. Good chatting with you again though. Cheerio.
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