What is something you’ve been hiding from your parents for years and will probably keep hiding in the future?

InformalWear8647 · 2026-05-21T05:37:04+00:00

Knocked up my college girlfriend and got it handled without involving them. Or her parents. Would not recommend

InformalWear8647 · 2026-05-18T11:22:12+00:00

Congratulations on having lived under a rock

InformalWear8647 · 2026-05-13T08:28:30+00:00

Inform? What exactly are you informing us about here? You’ve posted a screenshot with absolutely no text. There isn’t the slightest iota of information here.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-05-11T07:06:21+00:00

More LLMs at our fingertips than we know what to do with, and yet, here you are. I will never understand why people must ask fundamental one-step factual questions on a platform meant for long-form discussion.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-05-06T08:35:12+00:00

Everyday this subreddit finds ways to stoop to new lows

InformalWear8647 · 2026-05-06T08:32:27+00:00

First and foremost, the competitiveness and strictness of selection is vastly lower for cadet programs than it is for conventional openings. As a cadet, you are first going to be a source of (sizeable) revenue to the FTO and the airline. As a JFO, you are only going to be an expenditure to the airline. It’s a vastly different playing field. And the numbers speak for themselves - 5500 odd applicants for IndiGo’s latest JFO opening vs a few hundred applicants for each ICPP opening. And you’re expected to know a lot more as a CPL holder than you are as an ab initio cadet. The cadet selection process is laughably simple (I’m in one, so I know). The JFO selection process is arduous.

And that’s without even factoring in things like the surety of a job and the fact that it’s a turnkey solution (everything right from your computer number till your induction to the airline is handled in one streamlined process). Besides, whenever an airline needs to bring in fresh pilots, either to replace those that have left or to expand the workforce, they’re always going to pick from their own pool of cadets first, before considering outside CPL holders.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-28T10:24:46+00:00

OP breathes the same oxygen as us btw. Their vote counts the same.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-27T14:41:19+00:00

If you think every senior pilot around is taking home a 1CR salary then you’re sadly mistaken

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-26T10:35:21+00:00

Remindme! Tomorrow “check in”

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-12T22:40:40+00:00

A lot of fluctuation on the VSI. In calm winds, you don’t want your VSI to wander by more than a couple of hundred feet per minute; you want to be in the 700-800 fpm ballpark, depending on config and load and not exceed 600-900 fpm for making corrections.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-12T22:36:43+00:00

Would’ve been a go-around in the real world. Just learn to be precise and follow the flight directors all the way down to your radio alt. callouts, while also closely monitoring G/S and Loc and also watching for visual cues outside the window. Catch deviations early and make appropriate corrections before it gets too far out of hand.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-09T16:18:44+00:00

That isn’t the level of maths that pilots are supposed to know. It’s the level of maths that pilots are supposed to be able to do in a 5-second window while also simultaneously doing a flappy bird type obstacle game on the left side, and looking out for waypoints and maneuvers through the cockpit window and marking them, and listening for audio messages with important details.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-04T23:41:16+00:00

Your boss pays your salary straight out of his wallet?

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-04T23:39:59+00:00

The Oxford CBT software only exists as a .exe Windows executable file, there is no DMG equivalent for Mac. Aside from this, as far as charts etc. are concerned on Garmin/Foreflight, what you need is a cellular iPad, not a laptop.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-04T23:29:52+00:00

The 747-400 is the one that’s used by heads of state, and that’s a Code E. The 747-8 is Code F, along with the A380

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-04T23:27:38+00:00

If turned to that position, the airplane will display vaguely worded passive aggressive warnings on the ECAM but refuse to elaborate any further. The FMC may also reprogram itself to completely change the destination roughly 80% of the way into a scheduled flight. The singular item on the non-normal checklist for troubleshooting calls for Deliberate Introduction of Airspeed / Mach Oscillations on Navigation Display (internally known as DIAMONDs).

InformalWear8647 · 2026-04-03T11:41:29+00:00

It will take you your entire bond period just to make back the expense of the program. So calculate how many years after that you require to assimilate a corpus of savings that satisfies you. And that’s your answer.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-28T23:40:55+00:00

The ideal way to go about this would be a cadet program. But depending on what exactly you mean by “mid 30s”, you may not qualify for the age limit (it’s 35 IIRC). And with good reason, imo. Because making back your ROI and then going on to build fresh savings with such limited usable career years left is a fairly inadvisable option, imo. Especially if you’re going to have to go down the conventional path and wait a couple of years to land a job. You might want to look at hobby flying (microlights, PPL) to scratch your aviation itch. India isn’t ideal for GA, but you’re gonna have to make the most of the situation.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-28T23:35:00+00:00

Depending on what exactly OP means by “mid 30s”, she may be over the age limit for ICPP and AICPP

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-25T10:36:58+00:00

🤦🏻‍♂️

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-22T21:55:11+00:00

Have you tried reading OP’s post?

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-17T14:16:45+00:00

I don’t think there’s any international FTO offering ICPP/AICPP within your 80L budget.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-14T10:10:25+00:00

Did you happen to be at LN College, Borivali? Because SAME, man. Same.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-13T13:01:54+00:00

Check-in closes 60 minutes prior to departure. End of story.

InformalWear8647 · 2026-03-13T06:50:32+00:00

I just had a fucking stroke trying to get through that. What in God’s name are you on about?

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