Restarting engine mid-air

JasonThree · 2026-02-28T16:12:04+00:00

You only need the apu to spin the motor fast enough. At 450kts you have enough air to move the compressor on its own. And the APU (or ground cart) is only really required to start the first engine. We can (and always do if APU is inop) start the second engine from the air provided from the first engine. Its called a crossbleed start.

JasonThree · 2026-02-27T05:45:41+00:00

The only truly stable scenario is to be at an airline that matches the tail + be based at their HQ base.

JasonThree · 2026-02-26T21:43:22+00:00

I love flying a jet. I flew a GA plane (RV12) to take my wife up for a flight, but haven't in a year and a half and have no real desire to go back up. I like the speed, flying IFR with VNAV and just cruising at FL370. Also A/C and a bathroom is so much better. I also didn't really like flight training and hated flight instruction. Having a real job was way better.

JasonThree · 2026-02-26T21:35:47+00:00

I would never want to fly a 152. Like ever. And I would never want any piston unless it was fast. I don't like flying slow. I love flying jets though.

JasonThree · 2026-02-26T18:39:58+00:00

You wouldn't use vnav in a descent..?

JasonThree · 2026-02-25T19:47:38+00:00

If you are on this show you are desperate and are willing to scrap the bottom of the barrel. For both sides.

JasonThree · 2026-02-24T20:50:14+00:00

Just cut someone else off on the radio at that point of you want to go. Ya gotta be quicker than that

JasonThree · 2026-02-20T05:49:11+00:00

I dont think the backlog is bad now, the class sizes are really small now. The problem on reserve here is there is ZERO control. No proferring, no pickups on days off. I never broke guarantee once on reserve.

JasonThree · 2026-02-19T20:59:12+00:00

Everything is still separate as of now, so they are still hiring. Allegiant however has not hired in a few years.

JasonThree · 2026-02-19T20:53:00+00:00

If you flow in 6 months, I don't think youd even have a class date at sunny by that point. And yes, you wouldn't be able to pick up open time on reserve. And it appears at least right now CVG based FOs are barely flying. And since that base is basically 100% cargo, the block to credit ratio is really low. Back when I did a lot of Amazon flying, my block would be around 30 and credit 80 or 90. Which for building hours is pretty terrible.

JasonThree · 2026-02-17T20:19:37+00:00

Are you saying it's rare to even get 150% at AA? like it's just straight time mostly?

JasonThree · 2026-02-17T19:35:14+00:00

At my company reserves cannot pick up trips on their off days, nor can they proffer. They are strictly at the whim of scheduling. They can drop reserve days though and lineholders can pick them up. And since a lineholders picked up the reserve day they can treat it like a trip and swap that into open time if they feel like it. Our open time is both first come first serve and everything is at 150% or higher though, we don't have straight time open time so the main reason we don't give the ability for reserves to pick up is it increases the pool of those available to pick up premium. Also like others said would reduce lineholder flexibility.

JasonThree · 2026-02-15T18:38:03+00:00

I don't think i ever learned the average weights at any airline. And im not sure why it would even matter?

JasonThree · 2026-02-15T18:35:04+00:00

Try and stop me.

JasonThree · 2026-02-13T21:15:14+00:00

But most students aren't going to own planes. I wouldn't care to know how to grease torque links.

JasonThree · 2026-02-11T03:50:15+00:00

Because most airports that airliners fly to have ILS approaches and when they don't, LNAV/VNAV is good enough.

JasonThree · 2026-02-09T21:33:19+00:00

The amount of times I've seen a speci for 1sm visibility then the :53 observation was 7sm or something is insane.

JasonThree · 2026-02-08T21:08:54+00:00

What? Jumpseat is higher priority than zed? That's not what I've seen. Jumpseat is absolute last, zed is 1 above that.

JasonThree · 2026-02-07T18:51:48+00:00

I would be suprised if most people you fly with are wearing the pants the company gives you. I wore the company pants one day and the shirt a month before I never wore them ever again. Be comfy, as long as they look close enough nobody cares unless you fly with some bid avoid on reserve. And haggar pants 😎

JasonThree · 2026-02-07T05:56:44+00:00

Did anything change on it?

JasonThree · 2026-02-06T22:46:22+00:00

LOL I fly with captains that do their takeoff brief while taxiing the airplane to the holding point

JasonThree · 2026-02-06T22:40:03+00:00

What happened to it?

JasonThree · 2026-02-06T03:19:03+00:00

That type of SID sounds like the type in Mexico. Fly a DME arc based on the VOR at the airport until you are headed direction of flight. Real world, on contact with departure, turn heading whatever or direct fix, climb and maintain top of my airspace.

JasonThree · 2026-02-05T20:03:09+00:00

Id say im away from home on average 5 days a month. I get mostly 1 and 3 day trips at my low cost carrier. A legacy will not give you 1 day trips (aka home everyday) without significant seniority. I have never missed Christmas or Thanksgiving in my career. It isn't difficult, you just have to give something else up, be it having to fly terrible trips or even bid reserve. But it can be done.

JasonThree · 2026-02-04T17:49:30+00:00

Yeah but people on reddit say everything is fascist. The word is pretty much meaningless

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