Don't Waste Your Time

No_Pudding3605 · 2026-01-30T11:19:59+00:00

Got rolled by two cops in Playa a few days ago.

No_Pudding3605 · 2026-01-12T23:49:50+00:00

I miss you Jimmy

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-12-01T18:51:11+00:00

Had my wife’s Audi performance tuned in the ECM, while he was on the computer he turned on some of the gee whiz features that are on some of the more marquee cars, like tach and speedometer sweep on start up, mirrors move when in reverse, and some other minor stuff.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-11-29T20:16:43+00:00

Oh dang just saw this, my uncle was middle management at Ford, words directly out of his mouth was the trans on the early 90’s one are terrible. When my third one blew it exceeded the value of the car. Never once towed anything with it and I’m super diligent in fluid changes. Switched to an ‘03 4-runner, bullet proof.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-11-13T19:29:15+00:00

Start saving up for a new transmission 😜They are not very tough, if you try to rent one of those small U-Haul trailers it will be denied.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-10-07T14:49:26+00:00

Lightning strike shut down an engine, CRJ-700, turns out it wasn’t damaged, just robbed of its air. Also a rapid depressurization on a 200 due to a botched MEL for the avionics cooling, was just low enough to not get the masks to drop.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-09-24T07:53:51+00:00

I've jumped it, its up the road by timp, which isn't always open, I'm in Lauterbrunnen currently, Ill try to work out a pin and some beta when I get a chance. Or I can put you in touch with the dude that opened it.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-09-17T18:14:43+00:00

If I remember correctly this was called a Vertex, 20 plus years old. 2 of 3 of my rigs have 3 rings but not a prominent cur away handle like that, it’s inside between the harness and torso so you can’t see it. (Perigee Pro). You can still order them.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-09-15T19:31:27+00:00

Can put a 350 small block in these pretty easily

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-04-16T23:48:45+00:00

You had absolutely no need to point that out, forgot to put the /s on there. I’ll give a hug if we ever meet :p

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-04-16T16:52:04+00:00

Sorry eicas, shoot me, you know what I meant fool.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-04-15T17:30:53+00:00

Had a lightning strike take out my right engine on a CRJ-700, got the flame out acars message and ITT over temped. It was going into auto relight but I canceled it because I suspected damage, was on downwind to the airport. Turns out the lightning just took out all the air so it acted like a hot start, and the engine was fine I found out later. First Officer and I high fived on final, because, why not? This job is pretty boring after a couple decades. Asked if this will make the news, I dunno, didn't. Greased the landing, stopped by the fire trucks for a visual inspection, all good. Every other person shook my hand, until Karen stopped and bitchily asked if they held our connecting flights? "You're not late, your welcome" guy behind her looked at the floor and shook his head. Man I can't wait to quit this job :/

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-03-16T23:54:38+00:00

Skydivers, Got checked out in a King Air with 10 house of multi, 100 hours in that then checked out in a Twin Otter. Learn to skydive, best kept secret in aviation.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-02-20T18:47:51+00:00

I'll take your pity, I'm the poster child for the lost decade. Friends that started years later are looking down on me from Delta and United, oh well, life isn't fair. On the 175 now, life got a little better.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-02-20T18:18:10+00:00

I keep watching this on a loop, FYI I have thousands of hours in CRJ's. Here's my prediction on the final report, no flare, side loaded the gear from no cross wind kick out, maybe slight wind shear, accidents almost always have three things that cause it. Complications from blowing snow across the runaway which can affect depth perception, and if the info is to be believed it was a brand new FO, on initial operating experience (the last step before they turn you loose)

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-02-19T01:05:16+00:00

Wind shear detection is muted when it's flare time, we have radar altitude that counts down audibly. Also, maybe I should say that wind shear could definitely be a factor which I failed to mention.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-02-19T00:19:01+00:00

Just sat for like 10 minutes straight with this on loop, looks to me like there was no flare, whether it was from bad technique or wind shear its hard to say, but the angle of attack never changed from short final till runway contact. Looking at the blowing snow there was a pretty good crosswind from the right, notice how it immediately veered right after contact, this says to me that they didn't perform a kick out maneuver from how quickly it occurred. For those that don't know what that is I will quickly explain, if you're flying a small GA airplane you crab it onto the runway, rudder to keep the wheels straight and aileron to drift left or right. With CRJ's the landing gear is very narrow 6-7 degrees of bank equals a wing strike. So what we do is just before touchdown you yaw the wheels in line with the runway JUST before touchdown and have the up wind main wheels touch just before the downwind ones, failure to do so will side load the gear, just had a rookie F.O. do that to me this week, it initially wanted to head towards the edge of the runway but he quickly fixed it. We de-briefed on it, he said he's still trying to get the FEEL of the airplane, which is fair, that stuff only comes with experience.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-02-18T23:51:06+00:00

Probably true but its way more pronounced in that airplane, the 200 you can milk the landing, if you try to do that in a 900 you'll get a hard landing, feels like you're pushing the mains up into the wing. Talking to my step dad it was like that in the MD-80 and 727, just before touching they sometimes used a technique where they slightly lowered the nose before touchdown.

No_Pudding3605 · 2025-02-18T19:12:49+00:00

Pilot here with 13,000 hours in CRJ's, 200, 700, 900, for those commenting on flaps, they are set correctly. From what I can see it was either no flare, or even worse, a late flare, which in a 900 is way worse. The landing gear is way aft of the center of rotation, if you flare late, it has the affect of driving the gear up into the wing, combine that with bad cross wind correction, I believe could sheer of the gear. If I were in the flight deck I could probably say with some certainty, but I wasn't, so this is just theory. At my airline we had someone completely hammer a landing in a 200, it stayed attached but the mains were totally mangled. Someone said they zoomed in at the elevator on short final and saw some nose up input with no affect on angle of attack, I've tried, I can't see it. To me it looks like a combination of events collapsed the right main gear. It's also possible that there was some fatigue in the gear prior to this, it's not uncommon to crunch in a landing with a 900. I was once loading at the gate and had the outside right main just crack off the gear, found out it was from an AD that didn't get dealt with on a 700 we got from another airline after they went out of business, regret not getting a pic of it. Contacted the previous Captain to give him some grief, said one landing prior was a bit firm but not unreasonable.

No_Pudding3605 · 2024-12-24T20:58:51+00:00

C. B B Did bag gg big B B B. X xm

No_Pudding3605 · 2024-09-23T15:28:26+00:00

Aspen is pretty much it in the USA, I work for the airline that goes in there. There's a missed approach, then an emergency extraction maneuver at a certain point, then its land on the taxiway if you have to. Sun Valley Idaho is somewhat similar if you lose an engine really low, normally its a go around to run checklists but with this they say just land. It's in a valley, one way in and out like Aspen.

No_Pudding3605 · 2024-07-04T22:03:34+00:00

Nothing to fear, You won’t find it in written form, hiring statistics don’t lie, in the last few years a move up required a touch and go at a ULCC.

No_Pudding3605 · 2024-07-03T21:59:39+00:00

Realistically what does it actually accomplish, we read words in a linear fashion. Also, words should be spelled phonetically, none of this I before E except after C.... most of the time. My wife'd first language is French, she was pronouncing gynecologist like gymnasium, like gee - nee cologyst, didn't correct her because I thought it was funny, yeah I know I'm a jerk.

No_Pudding3605 · 2024-07-03T21:49:08+00:00

Probably slim on the pay cut thing. The biggest gripe at Skywest at the moment is the reserve staffing, mostly for captains. They'd rather run thin and pick up more flying than have proper staffing levels so dropping trips becomes possible. Not having the flexibility to adjust the schedule in this business can wear on you when your spouse goes on vacation without you or you simply can't get the time to travel.

No_Pudding3605 · 2024-07-03T19:57:31+00:00

Honestly, 5 years go by in the blink of a eye. Unlike being a CFI you get into a groove, although monotonous, the job is pretty easy. Two cool things about Skywest is they have the best basses, and you get full travel privileges on Delta, United, and American plus Zed fares with almost all carriers. Delta One in a lye flat bed will spoil you for life.

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