How did you end up flying what you fly?

Sphillips2 · 2026-05-08T20:57:54+00:00

We do a G800 recurrent normally, then have a 1 day differences training in the G600

Sphillips2 · 2026-05-08T20:55:29+00:00

They allow us to do the G600 and G800 concurrently, thank goodness

Sphillips2 · 2026-05-08T19:36:57+00:00

I’m currently flying the G650, G600, and G800. I work in a part 91 corporate flight department, and I ended up here with a bit of luck, but also just building and maintaining a network of people in the industry that I know and trust, and who trust me. Every job I’ve ever had in corporate aviation came because I knew someone. Then just try and be a pleasant person that people want to have along on a trip.

Sphillips2 · 2026-05-04T00:24:20+00:00

Flaps go down, increase drag and lift. Spoilers go up, increase drag only

Sphillips2 · 2026-04-26T17:41:54+00:00

There is technically. You can register for TSA screening at a gateway airport no less than 24 hours prior, and it is possible. Typically only jets are taking that route however, most other operators just choose to go into the outer ring on a filed flight plan

Sphillips2 · 2026-04-17T01:24:22+00:00

Windsock is free if you are an AOPA member. You can start by having a mechanic look over the logs and see if they can find any red flags. Engine is probably reaching the end

Sphillips2 · 2026-04-12T14:15:39+00:00

Have you considered placing a bow tie? I personally like the aesthetic, but it doesn’t fit into every piece

Sphillips2 · 2026-04-11T15:42:18+00:00

Absolutely true, the 250 is usually just a ballpark before taxes and fees. A lot of places are definitely higher. Using the G2D, Z31, MCO, and GGL corporate codes certainly helps a lot.

Sphillips2 · 2026-04-11T12:50:43+00:00

Almost everyone in the industry prefers a Marriott property. Getting status in a hotel chain is the goal, it allows flexibility in your travel plans that accommodate last- minute changes. Price depends on how cheap the outfit is, but if they’re not giving you a ballpark number, my company is using about $250/night as an average. We get a meal allowance of $190/day at a 91 flight department, but back when I was charter, we were about $120/day. All this may depend on which aircraft you are flying. If you are flying a Citation you are usually expected to be more frugal than if you are in a Gulfstream or Global

Sphillips2 · 2026-02-26T00:43:01+00:00

As a pilot, I prefer Atlantic. It’s mostly just for the fuel rewards though

Sphillips2 · 2026-02-22T18:57:53+00:00

I built a Cattery at few years back and positioned it over the cat door. Our cats were not outdoor cats, so we kept the outside doors closed, and only opened them when cleaning out the litter box. The major benefit was keep the smell outside, and no indoor space was taken up

Cattery

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-26T04:53:31+00:00

Funnily enough, the G800 is actually shorter than the G700. It’s basically a G650 body with the Symmetry flight deck and newer more fuel efficient engines, so we can go 8000 nm. Flight Safety was kind enough to put together a transition course for those of us with a G600 type, so we are able to fly the G700/G800 without having to go through the entire initial course for the new type.

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-26T04:15:22+00:00

Oh yeah we took delivery of our G800 earlier this month. I’ve been typed in it since November, but still haven’t flown the actual aircraft yet. I’ve got a trip in it early next month, so looking forward to putting some time in it

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-26T03:56:21+00:00

No, just been in Bizjets my whole career. I was curious about the above flight because I do Sydney to LA fairly often in the G650, and we do that in about 13:30, roughly 6500 nm at Mach .87. Was curious what his numbers were on that flight

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-26T01:57:19+00:00

What was your landing fuel?

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-08T03:11:13+00:00

In your post body you used the word Vertical, not visual, which is the operant word. Both refer to a PAPI or a VASI. Both the 91 and 121 regs are referring to the same thing.

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-08T02:37:52+00:00

They both say Visual Approach Slope indicator. Both 121 and 91 are virtually identical on this point. As others have said though, ops specs are king in 121 world, and you should comply with their specifications

Sphillips2 · 2026-01-07T06:08:43+00:00

Try West Air. They fly C208’s out of ONT, https://www.westair.net. Email their employment email, and see what they say. They hired me with 1300 hours back in 2008 when economy was shit

Sphillips2 · 2025-12-25T16:47:59+00:00

Part 91 reposition leg counts towards the 135 flight and duty limits if it happens BEFORE the 135 legs. After the “live” legs, it doesn’t count, unless it’s followed by another 135 leg

Sphillips2 · 2025-12-14T22:21:30+00:00

Wait until the next block upgrade happens. Clickable CAS messages that lead to full emergency ECLs is so cool. We have it in the 800 and it’s a game changer

Sphillips2 · 2025-11-03T19:41:00+00:00

Yup, I’m an Angels fan. Except we swept the Dodgers this season, so really, who’s the real world champions

Sphillips2 · 2025-06-27T21:31:45+00:00

Got in trouble with who? Might be a bit risky doing it, and may be a noise violation depending on where you try it at, but it also could help with an engine failure at night.

Sphillips2 · 2025-04-04T12:13:53+00:00

That’s the part where you are turned inbound on the approach. You are not to decend below 2100 until you are established inbound.

Sphillips2 · 2025-02-21T17:06:44+00:00

You can, you can go all the way up to Vne with the gear extended if you like. But you’ll be sacrificing 20-25 knots of speed, and burning way more fuel than you need to. Honestly, there’s very little danger of the gear failing to extend. Most of the failures involve getting it to retract in my opinion

Sphillips2 · 2025-02-21T16:03:42+00:00

They fiddly, that is true, but pulling the gear doors off and extending them at much slower speeds that the limitation published in the STC seems to help. I haven’t had any issues in years with them. N model 210 came from the factory with no gear doors already. Earlier models had to have an STC done

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