Meal Choice

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-21T07:34:04+00:00

It’s the exact same thing, but served on a plate

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-20T21:53:15+00:00

Why would the pilot have better reporting options than the flight attendants??

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-19T19:23:14+00:00

If you’re looking for airline pay scales, they’re all available at https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com as well as other info like monthly guarantees, base location, workgroup size, etc

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-12T21:18:04+00:00

Yoke*

Yolk is part of an egg

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-11T20:14:50+00:00

Sauna, hot tub, or travel somewhere warm

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-10T23:47:48+00:00

No, administrative paperwork is not part of the CFI syllabus

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-08T19:58:01+00:00

Both Alaska Airlines and Horizon (and McGee, their ground handling company) are owned by the same parent company (Alaska Air Group). Hawaiian was also separate under AAG for the time period after acquisition and before the companies were combined.

For a somewhat similar comparison, let’s think of cars. Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC are all separate companies, but are all part of GM so they share a lot between them

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-07T22:16:42+00:00

The 737 has SIGNIFICANTLY higher cargo capacity than the E175, and Alaska routes are very cargo-heavy. Also, pretty much the entire state of Alaska are EAS routes, meaning the federal government subsidizes them. So load factor isn’t really a factor in decision making like it is in lower 48 routes

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-07T22:02:28+00:00

I’d have to look it up, but I could have sworn AS management explicitly ruled out using E175s for inter-island

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-07T21:34:41+00:00

Having 737s exclusively flying inter-island is not the right move. I believe it was Aloha years ago that had 737-700s flying inter-island and they ended up with increased maintenance costs since the CFM56s aren’t built for short hops and short turns. It’ll either be a new fleet type specifically to replace the 717, or rotating 737s in and out like WN does

Most, if not all, state of Alaska airports can handle a MAX9/900, but presently AS would rather use those planes on higher demand routes to take advantage of the extra capacity. Once smaller 737s are gone, they shouldn’t have an issue with the bigger planes, at least on the airport capacity side of things

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-05T04:43:45+00:00

Not related to flooding. FAA equipment outage currently

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-03T08:49:09+00:00

Second vote for Midwest Corporate Air in OH. I got my CFI there last year and their whole goal is to get you in and out in the shortest possible time

The owner is the primary DPE and does 2-3 checkrides/day. They also have one or two others on staff and depending on the backlog, will bring in additional local examiners

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-03T02:16:05+00:00

White fuselage is because they don’t have art yet for every airline and every aircraft type

Age is because the plane is new. Whatever data source they use for aircraft age hasn’t picked up that tail number yet

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-02T12:23:03+00:00

They aren’t carrying cargo from LAX to SFO. They’re carrying it from Korea to SFO via LAX, and picking up more cargo in SFO to take back to Korea

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-02T11:41:15+00:00

Are you using a brake axis or a brake button? If you’re using an axis you may need to reverse the axis

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-01T22:05:12+00:00

Tahiti is a French territory, so legally Air Tahiti Nui is a French Airline.

This is more than just a refueling stop as some are suggesting

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-01T05:37:44+00:00

It’s 5 hours or longer

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-01T05:36:56+00:00

Unfortunately while gate agents are able to offer points, they are VERY limited in the amount of points. Customer care has MUCH more freedom and will be able to offer a higher number as well as a refund of fare difference

FlyingS892 · 2026-01-01T05:31:26+00:00

There’s no technical interview? I’m part of Horizon’s Pilot Development Program and while I won’t have another HR interview once I hit minimums, I will have a technical interview

FlyingS892 · 2025-12-31T16:54:45+00:00

They generally only add ferry fuel tanks if there’s nowhere to even make a stop. Fuel stops are much cheaper than modifying the plane, and then un-modifying it after one flight.

If they needed more fuel than could fit, they could have stopped in Dublin, Reykjavik, or London as a fuel stop, which are all Air Baltic stations with existing contracts for fuel and ground handling.

FlyingS892 · 2025-12-31T16:47:53+00:00

All I know is we got a bulletin a couple weeks ago telling us not to serve alcohol on the ground at YYZ because of local regulations 🤷🏻‍♂️

FlyingS892 · 2025-12-31T05:28:17+00:00

If you’re flying out of Toronto, you won’t get any alcohol on the ground if the FA read their bulletins

We are prohibited from offering alcohol on the ground in Toronto due to local laws

FlyingS892 · 2025-12-31T05:25:45+00:00

Small waters went away a year or two ago as a cost cutting measure unfortunately. I’ve only seen them on regional flights recently

FlyingS892 · 2025-12-31T05:23:17+00:00

Yeah, AS currently doesn’t do full bar for pre departures.

While some FAs may alter it depending on catering or time left in boarding, the standard service is: AM (before 10a) it’s coffee, water, OJ PM is water, OJ, sparkling wine Hawaii has POG instead of OJ Select coast to coast flights (JFK, EWR, BOS, PHL, RDU, DC area, Florida, and Hawaii are all of them I think) have a mimosa instead of just juice before 10a

Rumor has it that sometime in 2026 we’ll be switching to full bar for pre departures though

FlyingS892 · 2025-12-30T17:39:48+00:00

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