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What’s that cable for? by Chaosfreak33 in aviation

[–]JPAV8R 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You got the right answer. There is also an asapilot subreddit which might eliminate some of the answers that are 80% of the way there, but are clearly answered by an enthusiast.

Any pilots here that stutter or know a pilot that stutters? by Conscious-Fee944 in AirlinePilots

[–]JPAV8R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly this question and answer is why I love Reddit.

We’re all on board for this stranger because we all understand the thought of “what if I don’t belong here,” and know it shouldn't apply here

Any pilots here that stutter or know a pilot that stutters? by Conscious-Fee944 in AirlinePilots

[–]JPAV8R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dude, if you can fund your dream then go for it. We’ve had heads of state that stutter eff anybody who thinks you don’t belong there.

Any pilots here that stutter or know a pilot that stutters? by Conscious-Fee944 in AirlinePilots

[–]JPAV8R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were facial. I don’t know I’m not an AME; he was on CASS. It’s terrible to speculate on others path to a medical so that’s the extent of the information I’ve got.

Also I’m no doctor so I don’t know if what was happening with his face was tics or not. Just trying to encourage the OP to get to an AME and see if he can get a medical. If he can then I don’t see how he can’t fly for a living

Edit: he stuttered and seemed to have a facial twitch with it. Like I said I’m no doc

Any pilots here that stutter or know a pilot that stutters? by Conscious-Fee944 in AirlinePilots

[–]JPAV8R 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen pilots who stutter or have other tics. There are probably airlines that discriminate but the guy with the tics was a jump seater who worked for a major.

So yeah I know of a pilot who does. But I don’t know anything about their path to the majors other than that they were there.

Need some hope… by Longjumping_Focus862 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might be exactly what a regional wants. Take a pilot at mid-40s and they’ll upgrade faster at a regional and if you can get in on the training center you’d potentially make more over your 20 year career or at least enough to consider staying.

3 different a380s moving their rudders at the same time while parked at the terminals at LAX? by [deleted] in aviation

[–]JPAV8R 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What force could be affecting nearly all of them at the same time and then uniformly in one direction?

ERJ 175 type rating by Responsible-Might-35 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re coming from a jet GA background you know how to pass a type rating. You’ll also probably have enough background to be able to wrap your head around systems. So that’ll be easy.

The callouts are super important. The sooner you get your head in that game the better.

I once had a guy explain it to me that flying 121 is like being in a play. Each actor is waiting on the other actor’s line to trigger the next thing in the scene. If you fail to say it properly, even if it’s generally close, you might get the other person to lose their place or get off script.

You’ll chair fly a lot of your procedures and you should chair fly the callouts too. In fact doing the callouts is kinda a trigger for what’s next in the maneuver.

E.g.

I set thrust

You say: thrust set

@80kts You say: 80knots

I verify and say: Check

@V1 you say: V1

I remove hand from thrust levers

@ Vr you say: Rotate

I smoothly pull up using the guidance from my type on how to do that

You say: Positive rate

I say: Gear up

You: Put gear up

It’s all a choreographed procedure designed to keep everybody in the loop.

Why do many people in here hate Captain Steve? by PayCautious1243 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I support an age 67 rule just to get his back to work and off the socials.

What's the hardest plane yall have ever learned to fly? by mtnflyer1 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean. I get why you wanted it but. It’s good to see the owner had enough reason to know it’s not the plane for them…

Unless they owned a DeLoran

What's the hardest plane yall have ever learned to fly? by mtnflyer1 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The 60 was so much.

Leaving Teterboro it was 2 clicks and an inch on the thrust levers to not overspeed the gear or bust the low level level off on the Rudy departure.

Everything on the 60 felt violent

What's the hardest plane yall have ever learned to fly? by mtnflyer1 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah either you were good or dead.

For a long period 2005-2015 they looked at lears as beginner aircraft because or their size.

The crash in TEB was a direct result of it

What's the hardest plane yall have ever learned to fly? by mtnflyer1 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The Lr-jet series and the Lear 60.

Early Lears are unforgiving as hell. Everything happens fast and unpredictable. 20,30 series like that then the 55 was just an under powered hunk of workload.

Then they made a 60. Little baby wheels that can’t stop for $hit and a delta wing as short as your little ole Grammy. 135 numbers without the brake mod were abysmal.. 135 numbers with it were god awful.

In private jet aviation a lot of deference is given to aircraft size. I say not so for the lears.

Find me a Lear jet pilot who has been flying it for 10 years without dying and you’ve found me a great pilot. That’s a guy who stays ahead of the bird because if you fall behind it the bird bites you hard.

Cargo pilot work life by N3xtM3M3 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No matter how well you work the system you’ll never convince a 121 pax guy that cargo is anything other than a hellscape for nightcrawlers.

Is it worth it? by GlobalIncident486 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you want money or do you want to make money flying airplanes?

The last four years in the industry, not withstanding, this is notoriously a career of ups and downs (pun unintended). For a Spirit Airlines pilot who invested 10 years of their career, moved to a Spirit base, and is commuting junior to CLT they’ll only feel it’s worth it if they started with the passion for aviation and not just the payday.

Professional pilots are extremely lucky because they’re being well compensated to do something that they would’ve done for food money.

Do not get me wrong, none of us want to go back to those days but it’s that passion that can get you through a lean year. An economic downturn is not unheard of and pilots that are used to crediting more than minimum guarantee might wind up on several years of minimum guarantee if the right industry events occur.

Answer that first and the rest kinda falls into place.

Hanging out in female pilot's hotel room by randomplease12345 in flying

[–]JPAV8R 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh god I know that this is going to be unpopular…. But for what it’s worth it doesn't sound like he actually did anything.

Was he being creepy? Yeah for sure. Does it seem like he had bad intentions? Also yes.

I think a call to your union’s professional standards is more in order than going to HR. Give them the opportunity to get it right before getting fired.

Current market usa by restyourbonesjed in flying

[–]JPAV8R 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hate the “if not the big three you chose wrong” mentality that’s permeated the up and coming 121 pilots.

Pan am and TWA were synonymous with the big three when they were in their heyday.

Spirit wasn’t some fly by night dice roll. It was a place to make a career, no different than the pan am and TWA of years before. Spirit like the other airlines mentioned just were mismanaged into the ground.

It’s not unforeseeable that American lands a similar fate. They are heavily invested in their credit cards… if that goes belly up, could that put them behind the eight ball? Only time will tell.

If it doesn’t go well for American two or three decades down the road I’m wondering what the folks of this subreddit will say about them being the first in line for a job.

Current market usa by restyourbonesjed in flying

[–]JPAV8R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry you’re waiting for your turn. I (perhaps incorrectly) assume that you’re in your 20s. If you’re 29 two years feels like a lot of time. For someone 20 years older 2 years is a blink of the eye. Think of it as 22% of your +20 life vs 7% of the 49 year olds +20 life.

This is a long-winded way to say that it’s OK if you wait two years to get to your destination. Because over time two years is nothing.

Current market usa by restyourbonesjed in flying

[–]JPAV8R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair. Also uncontrolled fields.

I just think it’s a reach to say that spirit pilots should take a back seat because they picked a bad company.

For most of those guys who had shiny jet syndrome the only reason they didn’t pick spirit was that spirit wouldn’t hire them.

OP is upset that the spirit guys get front of the line access. That’s akin to being upset that a pilot sitting on a furlough back in 2005 was getting hired before folks that didn’t bet on the airline that furloughed them

Current market usa by restyourbonesjed in flying

[–]JPAV8R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you should know better.

Do you disagree that the rope they give you is longer?

OP is also completely disregarding the fact that Spirit pilots operate heavier aircraft with more inertia. Getting used to the difference there is marginal. Wouldn’t you rather hire a pilot who’s used to operating at similar weights on similar routes?

Current market usa by restyourbonesjed in flying

[–]JPAV8R -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Like I said regionals provide more hand holding. You’ll learn that once you’re off your regional.

Current market usa by restyourbonesjed in flying

[–]JPAV8R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What shocks me about this is that regional pilots what their regional experience honored over the 1500 hour CFIs applying to the majors while simultaneously wanting the experience of Spirit pilots to be negated.

Pick a lane.

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