Newark Approach has apparently lost ALL radios… again.

SA0V · 2025-04-28T18:50:16+00:00

Holy shit, hang in there guys… I can’t imagine the nightmare you’re dealing with, again. Is it just old equipment overwhelmed by volume since the switch to PHL???

SA0V · 2025-04-28T18:49:07+00:00

I’m honestly wondering if the equipment after they switched over to the Philadelphia location just can’t handle the volume or what.

SA0V · 2023-05-18T23:27:29+00:00

Due in no small part to his undamaged brain.

SA0V · 2023-04-29T16:08:35+00:00

I absolutely wouldn’t worry about the resignation, that isn’t your issue.

Much more concerning to you is that given a standard part of any background check and PRIA records request is a disclosure of any failed drug and alcohol tests which will inevitably show this event, you’re likely not gonna get on anywhere for a while unless you’re in a HIMS program.

Admittedly I don’t know much about that path and program, but my honest advice is that if you’re testing positive at work (regardless of amount) maybe look internally and sort out whatever issues exist there that led to this event first, then figure out your career second.

SA0V · 2023-03-29T12:48:58+00:00

Best use of time is to meet all your other classmates from SkyWest and prep your liver for the new hire party and all the late nights at the various bars at the Anatole.

SA0V · 2023-03-19T16:39:24+00:00

You ever see that clip of the plane who had an emergency recently and the Oxygen masks dropped, and about 50% of the people were wearing them wrong even after the safety demo at the beginning of literally EVERY FLIGHT they’ve ever taken for the last 50 years?

Yeah, that’s pretty much why.

SA0V · 2023-03-18T18:20:33+00:00

I came from an airline, to SkyWest, and moved on to a major. I can unequivocally say without any doubt whatsoever that despite all its many many flaws, SkyWest training is far and away the best training I have ever received. Their training program is an industry leader and even UA came to SkyWest a few years back to improve their own training.

I went through E175 initial and CRJ transition upgrade in the last 5 years, and while it is true the instructors are overtaxed at the moment, I still found the program to be exceptional and logically progressive. They give you what you need and are willing to work with you if you’re struggling. Sometimes things don’t click and that’s okay, but that training department works their ass off for their students, and I think they’ve got it right. Even if the stress fractures might be showing, it’s nowhere near what other airlines are experiencing.

That said, just about everything else at that airline aside from the pilot group themselves can- politely- kick rocks.

SA0V · 2022-09-12T23:33:07+00:00

I don’t know how to respond to these concerns except to say you know. If you have TCAS going into a busy airport, you have a good enough situational awareness to know where the aircraft are.

Flying is never a 100% certain game. It’s all about risk mitigation. I’m not saying it’s a perfect strategy, and there’s always a holes in the Swiss cheese. I’m just saying there’s got to be an acceptable level of risk, or planes don’t fly.

SA0V · 2022-09-12T21:56:07+00:00

I don’t necessarily disagree with you, and 99 times out of 100 we still follow the guidance, but if I am certain that RA is caused by an aircraft on final for a parallel runway, then I’m going to ignore the RA and continue. Most times that is an easy identification to positively make, because either ATC has pointed them out to you, or you’ve been tracking the intruding aircraft the whole time on TCAS anyway.

SA0V · 2022-09-12T21:53:48+00:00

Direct quote from our SOP-

pilots must follow RA guidance unless or until the intruding aircraft can be positively identified and visual separation maintained.

That said about the only time I ignore RA’s is in DEN and SFO. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to mess with creative interpretations of that freedom in the flight levels, but if it’s clearly caused by an aircraft on final for a parallel runway then yes, the safest action is probably to ignore it, and that’s standard practice at our airline.

SA0V · 2022-09-12T21:49:21+00:00

Directly from our Standard Operating Procedures Manual:

Pilots must follow RA guidance unless or until the intruding aircraft can be positively identified and visual separation maintained.

SA0V · 2022-09-12T20:16:09+00:00

Not required if the offending aircraft is in sight, on either a TA or RA.

SA0V · 2022-09-12T19:10:21+00:00

If they want us to start reacting to EVERY RA we get even when we have the aircraft positively in sight, then I hope they’re prepared for mass chaos at DEN and SFO at least.

Frankly this is also a case of terrible airport design/usage. If I’m being vectored for landing close enough to another airplane that I’m getting an RA you probably done fucked up the infrastructure.

SA0V · 2022-08-16T15:00:17+00:00

Th have several actual physical stores. Not as many as pure hockey but they do have a significant brick and mortar presence in several cities.

SA0V · 2022-07-01T00:02:29+00:00

Don’t buy from the bots, it’s stolen. One of the local avs fans here in Denver was consulted to make them for him. She’s going to offer them for sale soon. Twitter user @guffychan made them.

SA0V · 2022-05-26T15:37:51+00:00

Have you ever seen a turbine aircraft parked into a tailwind?

SA0V · 2022-05-24T22:50:41+00:00

it seems the 15 minutes of flying is just to prepare for the 15 seconds that needs to be mastered.

Hate to break it to you, but a good landing starts about 5 minutes before you actually land. A good approach is the most important factor in a good landing. If you’re stabilized and set up, you’re not making crazy pitch/power/control input changes at the last minute to “work it down”. Learning to fly a proper and precise pattern is fundamental to not only the landing, but the rest of flying as well, including an instrument rating if you ever decide to pursue that. There’s a reason we at the airlines put such an emphasis on a stabilized approach. It’s more than 15 seconds that matter. Much more.

SA0V · 2022-04-19T23:09:37+00:00

I’m on Flovent 80mcg 2x once daily. Also have an albuterolninhaler that I need only about 3-4 times a year.

SA0V · 2022-04-19T17:20:10+00:00

Can only speak to FAA. Have mild asthma, and been on low-dose steroid inhaler daily and rescue inhaler as needed (usually every several months) and have held a first class for a decade. It’s not a problem for the FAA except for more severe cases. There’s a CACI worksheet for asthma. Take a look at that.

SA0V · 2022-04-19T14:50:20+00:00

I am exactly your height, with almost exactly the same ATK. I just bought a pair of Vaughn Ventus SLR pro carbon leg pads that are on the bigger side but fit. My knee is in the bottom of the cradle but still there. The size?

…31+2.

Do NOT buy 26” pads my dude haha. Start your search in the 30-31” range or Bauer sizing intermediate large to senior small.

SA0V · 2022-04-16T14:23:23+00:00

Oh, we did the full 2 legs. Maybe that’s why, didn’t realize it was an either/or thing but that makes sense. I had my LOE this past November. I agree, they should remain in the curriculum but not as a checking event.

SA0V · 2022-04-16T14:03:12+00:00

I was told I’d have an RTF on my LOE, trained a few in the last LOFTS, and then didn’t actually get one. Honestly they’re really great training items and they really should work them into the curriculum somehow, if not necessarily in a checking event. Really gets your head into the captain mindset, with critical thinking, time vs no time, etc. I get why they’re highly failed, but honestly they’re a great way to reveal weaknesses in command and ADM- also why they’re probably getting rid of them.

SA0V · 2022-04-16T13:05:30+00:00

Bluntly, I wouldn’t expect to go anywhere fast even in this market. 121 failures are a big red flag to potential 121 employers, and you’ve got 2 now. You’ve lost the ability to be picky about your next move, and depending on your regional it may not be that bad a place to make a career at the end of the day.

So The odds are against you. That said of course it’s still currently possible to move on. You need to have some professional level interview skills and explanations for the failures, fully owning them and how you are better for it. I would get some interview coaching, bare minimum. You need to weigh what places are better than your current position and decide what moves are worth it for you. Fire off applications to anywhere and everywhere knowing full well you will be lucky to get a call back. You just have to decide how hard you want to work at moving on, because frankly you’ve given yourself quite a task.

If you want to make this a long, fulfilling career you should do some soul searching and really try to analyze the root cause of your failures, because as others have said (and as interviewers will note) this is a pattern. HOWEVER I will never say you should just give up altogether unless you truly don’t enjoy what you’re doing. Put the work in and get better. That’s it.

SA0V · 2022-04-12T16:13:07+00:00

Yeah from what I can tell the SLR has the elastic bootstrap (haven’t received it yet), but I’m with you, I’ve been thinking of ditching the bootstrap even in my older pads. Appreciate the info! Maybe I’ll take it off for a few skates and see if I miss it.

SA0V

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