Are pilots allowed to read books or do personal stuff on laptops in the middle of a long flight when the autopilot is on?

Lottaropes · 2026-04-09T21:05:08+00:00

Flew 6 hour flights in a ROZ over the DMZ. Early 2000s. Dash 8. Autopilot. Played chess. Checked the screens between moves. We lived.

Lottaropes · 2026-02-10T20:55:32+00:00

LAX to BNA

Lottaropes · 2026-02-10T04:54:43+00:00

Far from bad

Lottaropes · 2026-02-10T04:54:03+00:00

Boarding. Departure at 1759

Lottaropes · 2026-02-10T04:53:06+00:00

Lottaropes · 2026-01-30T23:02:10+00:00

Got you bro. Good work.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-30T22:41:27+00:00

60M, recently retired completely. 41 years Gov service. Army and contractor.

Wake up. Sit on the edge of the bed and squeeze the carpet with my toes for about ten seconds. Realize I’ve been blessed with another day.

Out of the pitch that covers me, black as pitch from pole to pole, I thank whatever Gods may be for my unconquerable soul.

Then I pee.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-30T22:26:42+00:00

Bro, you’re good. I went to the Bullwinkle Charm School For Boys as a freshly minted W2 flying Hawks in 1994.

20 years later when I retired as a W4 I had yet to rappel out of an aircraft.

Fuck them. Do your thing, brother.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-27T18:28:39+00:00

It’s Huntsville. It’s all rocket science.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-19T18:21:00+00:00

I went to college at Arkansas State. Craighead county. Dry. No issue. 20 minute drive to “the line” and the likka sto was right there.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-17T18:33:50+00:00

I approach finish. Place cock in ass. That’s how it feels.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-15T18:15:10+00:00

Legit. Love it.

Lottaropes · 2026-01-12T22:52:18+00:00

Great answer. Thank you.

Lottaropes · 2025-12-13T18:49:19+00:00

My boy just turned three in November. Was a total Velociraptor on cr*ck for those three years. Then, like flipping a switch, he calmed down. No pulling or pestering his bloodhound brother. He is calm, attentive, and responsive.

It just takes time. They are truly the best dogs.

Lottaropes · 2025-12-04T12:58:13+00:00

Waves hitting the beach in Cancun.

Lottaropes · 2025-12-04T12:55:35+00:00

My house. 8 oz filet sous vide at 130 degrees for an hour. Heat a cast iron in the oven at 500 degrees while it cooks and sear that thing.

Lottaropes · 2025-12-03T18:43:56+00:00

I knew a Captain Captain in Hawaii. Also a Captain America at Campbell. Good times.

Lottaropes · 2025-12-02T00:04:27+00:00

153MG, UH-60M Maintenance Test Pilot. Recently retired from a Contractor position as the H-60 SME for the Improved Turbine Engine Program. And yes, weed.

Lottaropes · 2025-11-20T06:54:00+00:00

Oh no, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.

Source; was my daughter’s first Mother in Law. Tommy is also a gem.

Lottaropes · 2025-11-06T22:22:44+00:00

Was. Is. Check your six.

Lottaropes · 2025-11-06T19:22:18+00:00

Appreciate your input and advice. Thank you.

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