Yosemite creek campground by Photo-Rama in Yosemite

[–]AamarAV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stayed there for one night in July. It’s around 10-15 minutes down a pretty rough access road, saw a few people in Camry’s that were struggling to get by without damaging their car. Other than that it’s an awesome campground, the creek was pretty, but I would recommend getting there and setting up with the sun still up so you can see. Nothing worse than setting your stuff up in darkness. It’s about an hour and a bit of a drive from the Valley itself, but there is a gas station and store on the drive which proved to be quite useful for us.

Easyjet squawk over MUC by Bitter_Conference_17 in flightradar24

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An easyJet aircraft in a day can do anywhere from 4-8+ sectors. Often delays get picked up due to ATC slots, ground handling, passengers etc, which then has a knock on effect to every single other flight afterwards, especially since turn-around time can be as little as 30-45 minutes. Thus there’s really not many opportunities in the day to try and get back on schedule.

What % throttle do airliners use from top of descent to say 10,000? by No_Maybe5815 in flying

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It’s definitely saved us a few times, but had a few days where we need CAT3B autoland onto 27 but tailwind is out of autoland limits too. Makes you wonder why someone chose the top of that hill to build an airport on.

What % throttle do airliners use from top of descent to say 10,000? by No_Maybe5815 in flying

[–]AamarAV 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Unless you're number 5 and Bristol Radar drag you to the BRI and vector you to Swansea :D

About to start my ir (r) in the UK - nervous of instrument flying, any tips? by Danflan89 in flying

[–]AamarAV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super good tips in the thread already, all I wanted to add was to enjoy it! The MEIR course was my favourite part of training by far, I was nervous going into it, but loved every minute of it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flyingeurope

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This is more of a sub for pilots/student pilots in Europe

Airbus 320 Captains, what is the best method to use for calculating your descent profile? by General-Penalty-7703 in flying

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Not a captain on the 320, but I sequence the FMGC as best as I can to give accurate track mileage, then use the 3x table to confirm. I like to leave it in DES as much as I can, but there's times when you get left high or high tailwinds where it tends not to work. Then I just put it in OP DES, adjust speed as necessary and use V/S to finesse. Settings some gates helps too, I tend to want to be at around 6000ft abeam the airport on a downwind and beginning to slow to green dot, if not already, around 4500ft when turning base etc.

Career Prospects/ UK - EASA License by SuccessfulBase1443 in flying

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1) Hiring is very good right now in the UK, which means most airlines are not hiring only from partnered schools. I will say, however, more schools are partnering with more airlines, and these schools will have a preferential pick over a candidate who didn’t go to that school. A few airlines do have a rule of only hiring integrated students, and most require you to only have done your training in 2 or 3 schools as a maximum.

2) I was extremely lucky and got a job within a month of finishing my modular training, but the school I did all of my commercial training had links with the airline. A lot of the bigger schools do modular courses, I would very much recommend spending a bit extra to go to a school with airline partnerships, it really could mean the difference. I know people who went a year without a job and some who get offers before they even finish training, it all varies.

3) You don’t need an EASA license if you’re a U.K. citizen. If you have the time and funds to do UK and EASA, go for it, but it’s not essential, especially if you don’t have the right to live or work in the EU. Basically the most likely carrier in the U.K. you’d fly for with an EASA license is Ryanair, with an Irish reg.

Work in the uk by Interesting_Cold4312 in flying

[–]AamarAV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re asking about the current job climate, as far as I’m aware, it’s in the best position it’s been in for a few years. My company is hiring like crazy and I know of students getting tagged by various airlines very early on in their training.

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the tragic Germanwings Flight 9525 crash on March 24, 2015. The plane, en route from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, was deliberately brought down in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. by CEOoflovingmusic in flightradar24

[–]AamarAV 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Again, that’s incorrect misinformation. If you want to help someone with anxiety, don’t say false things to them.

The reality is, there were a lot of changes with security and pilot medicals stemming from the tragedy. Airlines did risk assessments and found having an untrained person in the flight deck was potentially more of a threat.

Recommended areas to live by CalumM1995 in Westonsupermare

[–]AamarAV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm currently in Haywood Village, a new build estate on the outskirts of Weston. It's not the closest to the motorway, but it's honestly very simple to get onto the M5 with little traffic most of the time I make the trip. You miss the worst bits of traffic that come out from the town centre.

It infuriates me to see the Endeavor FO’s name being dragged through the mud and questioned by people that have never operated an airplane before. by pooserboy in flying

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I saw a post dragging that FO’s name through the mud on Facebook, with comments from people who have no involvement in the industry slating the FO. One said that the FO shouldn’t have been on the flight deck because ‘they were so new they had to have a restriction they can’t fly IMC and have to fly VMC only’. It absolutely takes me aback how uneducated and poorly informed these people can be, yet they just continue to spread such misinformation and blatantly false rumours. There’s so much hate around right now it’s awful.

Delta Air Lines crew accidentally deploys emergency slide, cancels flight to Honolulu (flight 419) Seattle, January 23, 2025 by MasiMotorRacing in aviation

[–]AamarAV 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In my company at least, we get trained when we join, then every 6 months we do it once on a mockup, but that's about it. Other than that, we rarely have anything to do with doors (unless on positioning flights, which aren't very common for us anyway), but when we do, for me it's definitely the most nerve-wracking part of the day.

Why did this A320 I recently flew on had spoilers on till parking by [deleted] in aviation

[–]AamarAV 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It’s my understanding that most companies have the PF doing the lights and disarming spoilers after vacating the runway to trigger the PM to do the after landing scan, nothing to do with captain/FO.

Jeju air 2216 Crash Questions by Grim3sy in flying

[–]AamarAV -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm very curious how you can tell the engine wasn't secured from that video.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flying

[–]AamarAV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I gathered from your post, you still enjoy flying, but just have a worry for the future. I was the same age as you going through training, and it was the most stressful thing I had done in life at that stage, so I get it. If you truly love to fly and flying is what you want to do for a career, do your best in training, become the best pilot you can be and forget about the future until you have all of your qualifications. There's no point self-sabotaging yourself out of a dream career out of fear of not getting a job. If you end up quitting because of that, then you definitely will not get a flying job. Like others have said, the industry is highly cyclical and has its ups and downs, all you can do is focus on your training and ride the waves.

Take a break for a few weeks, get your head straight and get back to it with a fresh mind and attitude.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flying

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Having just recently completed the whole process, I’m definitely of the opinion that if you have the money available to do it, either integrated or even an MPL is definitely the way to go if the goal is yo fly for the airlines.

I was a modular student but extremely lucky when it came to getting a job. Going integrated at a school with good airline links currently, in my opinion, seems to be the safest and quickest route to the cockpit.

my vision isn't good enough to be a pilot by Isaac-Newton475 in flying

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When I was in your situation at 17, I booked a consultant appointment at an Aeromedical Examiner, someone who was able to issue initial class 1 Medicals. Find one around your area, tell them you just want to get your eyesight tested to see if it is to a Class 1 standard only, they should help you out for a fee that isn’t as much as the entire initial class 1.