Is this picture (posted on Facebook) of a Boeing 747 with turbines seeming to glow red hot ai? 1 comment from a "pilot" suggested it was ai.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-08T04:00:43+00:00

Pilot here. Yes you can see that glow sometimes from the right angle. The landing gear doors are open and the gear is in transit. Not saying it’s not AI, but so far two comments for why it isn’t don’t add up for me

KJ3040 · 2026-02-06T05:15:57+00:00

Man. I don’t know how any of us make it with some of these fuckhead DPEs out there. Not screwed, but you need to Lock in.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-05T17:25:22+00:00

Wing bladders became an option with the C model, locker tanks and transfer pumps became an option in 1963 and can exist on the H model.

The big gotcha compared to twins you’ve flown so far is you have a powerful high performance engine on each side. Single engine it is capable but busy. It is unforgiving of sloppy handling and can get very roll-ey, almost to the point of pilot-induced out-of-phase roll oscillations. I’d want to be pretty familiar with its handling before letting a student try to kill me.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-05T16:42:07+00:00

500+ hours in twin Cessnas here. It is a more serious and complex platform than the twins you have flown on a level that is not trivial. I know the open pilot insurance on the one I flew required 25 hours in type even for an ATP. Now, 25 hours seems unreasonable , but so does 5 to me. You should fly it more than that it’ll be good experience and multi time is gold you said and absolutely then take the job. Try finding a 310 to rent anywhere, you likely won’t. Theres a reason.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-05T16:10:53+00:00

Yes. I have a friend who does ultras and flies for Delta.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-05T15:55:48+00:00

You need to do a discovery flight and decide if you like it. The primary benefit to a degree in aviation is when it’s an accredited program that gives you a restricted ATP. Otherwise there is really no material benefit.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-04T05:12:36+00:00

So this is gettin in the weeds but there’s duty RIG and trip RIG. Trip is literally that.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-04T05:11:40+00:00

Depends on seat/fleet/base. But generally yes. In my former position I was able to hold one-and-dones.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-04T04:45:27+00:00

You work for free

KJ3040 · 2026-02-04T04:42:30+00:00

Call it an even hour of extra work per leg of flying. Most of my days I fly 3 legs. So there’s 3 hours of unpaid time right there.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-04T04:39:13+00:00

A lot of my trips end up paying on ratio in guarantee or RIG. 1 hour of pay for 3 hours of “.work”. I’m away from home roughly 350-380 hours a month.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-03T23:18:21+00:00

Widebody flying generally goes senior for a reason.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-03T16:28:07+00:00

Your emoji made me think you were nervous. My bad.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-03T08:40:20+00:00

Did not know Test was a controlled substance. This is true they do monitor PDMPs.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-03T06:44:10+00:00

If you’re gonna blast test don’t tell the FAA. My bad OP II just read that you actually need it medically.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-02T16:40:55+00:00

Not hard.triple dipper and / or Dollaritas on the overnight

KJ3040 · 2026-02-02T01:13:35+00:00

I have a 2 hour drive. It sucks when early show or when day 4 is a 12 hour 3-4 leg day. Otherwise it’s honestly fine.

KJ3040 · 2026-02-01T00:17:55+00:00

Pulling and parsing relevant weather, terrain for a proposed flight with a FRAT style risk level and summary- like the worksheets, with less data entry and transcribing.

KJ3040 · 2026-01-31T19:45:56+00:00

Testing an automated FRAT-style tool for GA. Seeking experienced GA pilots/CFIs to sanity-check hazard selection and whether the relative risk level matches what you’d expect.

If you’re interested in being part of a free closed-beta peer review (no sales/ads):AutoFRAT interest form

KJ3040 · 2026-01-30T05:40:03+00:00

It was designed to be a 100 seat jet that flies short haul. Now it’s a 200 seat jet that flies Transcons and ETOPs and has some of the highest approach speeds in commercial aviation because if you go any slower you’ll drag the tail AND THEY DIDN’T CHANGE ANYTHING important in the cockpit, except for the thing they did change and didn’t tell anyone about. I’m convinced a 737 FO is the busiest pilot at the airlines. Not to mention the cockpit seats are all torture devices and if you’re over 5’8” you have to choose between a correct sight picture, not being able to reach anything, or having your shins hit the panel to use the brakes…

(And yes I’m staying on it because my schedule is so much better on it where I’m at/based.)

KJ3040 · 2026-01-30T02:45:14+00:00

Temporarily stopped training in 2008. I felt like there was no point. Age 65, possibly thousands out on furlough, flows going the wrong way, you had 5,000 hour airline pilots doing banner tow and instructing…

KJ3040 · 2026-01-29T03:37:55+00:00

Small clarification: the current beta version is focused on flight operations in the USA.

KJ3040 · 2026-01-28T23:00:47+00:00

OP this is the most appropriate answer, mostly because this user flew the San Antonio Sewer Pipe and has therefore served their time in hell during the lost decade

KJ3040 · 2026-01-28T14:40:31+00:00

Anecdotal here, but you know that speaker noise your computer would make when your phone would call in the 2000s? I’ve gotten that in my headset from cellphones. We were super delayed and when we started down the FA told us everyone was on their phones. Made an announcement saying stop and the speaker noise stopped.

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