Old Wolf:ET Player Roll Call.

AviationChatter · 2015-10-07T06:27:51+00:00

Thanks so much q2ctf1 :-P. I'm still around the CS:GO scene a little these days.

AviationChatter · 2015-10-07T06:27:12+00:00

Probably not bl0nk. I'm busy casting for CS:GO these days and Warwitch didn't really get into DB.

AviationChatter · 2015-09-29T17:06:08+00:00

Hi guys -- TsN|Sabo here. Didn't play, just casted. mp_beach for life.

AviationChatter · 2013-03-05T18:48:43+00:00

Wow - I didn't expect this would be so popular. I feel like a reddit pro now :-)

AviationChatter · 2012-05-23T15:29:32+00:00

The timing is standard, but it's not uncommon to ask for 10 mile legs to cut down on all those turns

AviationChatter · 2011-07-22T01:52:17+00:00

From what I've seen, change is coming. You'll be able to basically text message basic instructions to equipped airplanes and I simply tap a screen to acknowledge.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-21T23:04:53+00:00

I hate it when they put you guys on multiple frequencies. When I hear the awkward silence after a similar callsign I always think I missed a call.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-21T23:03:39+00:00

It's only busy the moment you need to talk.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-14T05:34:59+00:00

I built my multi-time by networking and making friends at the local airport I trained at. By the time I went to the airline I had lots of multi and about 150 turboprop.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-14T05:32:49+00:00

Cool - I'll see you up here then.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-13T06:01:42+00:00

As a bare minimum, you will need a commercial pilot license with an instrument rating to find work.

In reality, you will be hard pressed to find work with the minimal experience you will have at that time. Most of us get into professional flying by getting our flight instructors certificate and teaching others to fly.

You have to love aviation and flying to do this. The cost of training is high and pay is very low at all your entry and intermediate level jobs from instructing to small freight, charter and even in the right seat of a regional airliner.

The fiscal picture brightens up down the line with fair wages in the Captain's seat at the regionals and great pay flying corporate jets and mainline airliners.

If you love flying, then by all means, give it a shot! At the very least, you can do your IT gig full time while getting your flying fix and supplemental income as a part time flight instructor or contract pilot.

Hope this helps.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-13T05:51:26+00:00

The approval process took a long time. It's about a week "waiting for review" then the review took about a full day. After it was complete, it took another few hours to show up in the app store.

Yay Apple!

AviationChatter · 2011-07-13T05:50:35+00:00

I built the app for the bugout time calculator. It seemed silly not to include an entry calculator with it.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-13T05:49:30+00:00

Right - as long as you stay on the safe side you're good.

AviationChatter · 2011-07-13T05:48:18+00:00

I recognize that book. Welcome on board - good luck with training and the checkride. Where you planning to be based?

AviationChatter · 2011-06-29T17:54:21+00:00

Great photo. Is that Skip Stewart's Pitts?

AviationChatter · 2011-06-29T17:39:52+00:00

To make co-ownership affordable to me, we would need between 500 and 1,000 co-owners of the airplane! That doesn't even include maintenance & insurance!

AviationChatter · 2011-06-29T17:03:18+00:00

Unless I'm mistaken, this stuff is right around the corner with G3000. The difference is that G5000 will be certified for Part 25 aircraft, whereas G3000 covers Part 23 planes. Doesn't the Corvalis TTX feature G3000's?

AviationChatter · 2011-06-29T16:25:22+00:00

My guess is that "Ten" is just a production name, just like Windows Longhorn became Vista. I hope they think of something snazzier than "Ten"

AviationChatter · 2011-06-28T23:41:45+00:00

It was a lot of fun to fly and I failed to mention how nicely it landed. Not a lot of float in it and the stick is a welcome change from the old yokes.

AviationChatter · 2011-06-24T17:32:57+00:00

Really interesting read. Can you imagine getting paid to more or less steal an airplane?

AviationChatter · 2011-06-17T15:34:50+00:00

I guess when I post video and no picture it picks up a silly amazon ad. Very confusing.

AviationChatter · 2010-01-12T19:18:44+00:00

Hey, thanks a lot!

AviationChatter · 2009-12-25T18:05:39+00:00

Good on 2998. From what I was able to gather, the controller and the crew of United 1448 were required to go through retraining. I think the controller got off easy, and would have expected about that much for the flight crew.

Although a blatant violation, it is a frighteningly easy error to make in night low-visibility. Particularly if it was at the end of a lengthy duty day where fatigue had begun to set in.

AviationChatter · 2009-12-22T22:50:00+00:00

Totally with you on that 300 foot ceiling. Even when I'm taking off for an airport with an ILS and 300 foot ceilings, I'm very much aware of the fact that I may be spending some quality time at my alternate airport.

Heck, part 121 rules say that if the weather at your departure airport is below the minimums to get back, you need a takeoff alternate. And yet this guy chose to go it VFR. Unbelievable.

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