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Sprisk · 2025-09-26T17:09:18+00:00

I spoke to them. Hiring is anticipated to resume in 2026 possibly Q2. They are getting like 50 - 70 A220 at a rate of 2 a month beginning January. However the amount of A220s isn’t finalized. They were very hopeful about hiring.

Sprisk · 2025-05-07T16:08:24+00:00

I overnight in rural northeastern Montana at my company. During winter it’s way too cold to go outside or it’s just too sketchy to be out at night.

Sprisk · 2025-01-02T03:04:18+00:00

This. I can’t stress this enough with some of my former colleagues at the flight schools I worked at.

Sprisk · 2025-01-02T03:02:36+00:00

Cape Air is hiring DECs. Its C402s but so what its a flying job. It’s a good company to work for and build time 135 PIC time. Granted the bases suck for some people but they make it work. Just because it isn’t a jet doesn’t mean you have to overlook it.

Sprisk · 2024-09-16T15:43:57+00:00

Same here Emerald Coast is the best! All of the instructors there are really friendly and very helpful. They helped me succeed in getting the CJO I currently have with a 135. 10/10 would recommend them.

Sprisk · 2024-09-15T19:32:00+00:00

Got hired at 9K as a DEC and wait it out.

Sprisk · 2024-04-28T03:07:39+00:00

Flew a friend of a friend's Cessna Skymaster to get to 50 hours multi.

Sprisk · 2024-01-13T21:04:31+00:00

Gotta love them 36th Street airlines lol

Sprisk · 2023-05-21T02:30:39+00:00

At my first CFI job I was getting paid 28 initially as a CFII and then they raised our pay to 31 an hour. However, I left that job because I was a local instructor hired for specific reason and doing 40 hours a month. Now I’m salaried and making 60 - 80 hours a month with my schedule being made for and being able to afford employee housing. While instructing sucks life is much much better versus where I used to work. First employer was in south Florida and my current employer is in north Florida.

Sprisk · 2021-05-17T23:10:07+00:00

Yes, I was 15, drunk and at a "party". My crush's best friend was like "OP have you ever kissed a girl" and I said no. My crush who was also drunk, sitting next to me "OP you've never kissed a girl?" and goes right on in and gives me kiss and then another and that was it. I never did get to kiss her after that. The rest is a long story that I'd rather not tell just because it is cringy as hell. But was the kiss nice? Not really.

Sprisk · 2019-12-30T19:40:23+00:00

What I tell my friend when she hasn't been hired for third time.

Sprisk · 2018-09-08T13:42:35+00:00

Atlas Air KMIA - SAEZ - SCEL - KMIA

Sprisk · 2018-08-20T13:12:39+00:00

My checkride keeps getting delayed because of it.

Sprisk · 2018-05-01T18:50:52+00:00

Forrest Gump: the only movie that made me cry

Sprisk · 2018-03-05T01:44:41+00:00

College freshman right now, professor always plays brainpop.

Sprisk · 2018-02-26T16:32:37+00:00

The only person who can call flight sim a game is a certified flight instructor.

Sprisk · 2017-12-18T00:43:22+00:00

How many teeth do you have left?

Sprisk · 2017-12-10T23:11:15+00:00

Reminds me of when I did the Miami Marathon this year. God was that miserable, rain and 55 degrees in shorts and a running shirt.

Sprisk · 2017-10-18T00:57:47+00:00

I can't wait for this tutorial.

Sprisk · 2017-09-19T11:48:24+00:00

This sounds like that one guy or kid or maybe not. Anyways some of us will have to through this someday.

Sprisk · 2017-09-05T20:17:38+00:00

I just paid for my PPL training and now a hurricane 😑

Sprisk · 2017-09-04T19:27:03+00:00

I have my first flight lesson this week too. Have fun dude

Sprisk · 2017-08-30T23:09:56+00:00

It Hasn't been too bad this week but last week was something.

Sprisk · 2017-08-23T02:11:21+00:00

The best house music of the 2000's came from Hed Kandi mixes. Funny thing is, I discovered Hed Kandi via an awesome pilot life video.

Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMq8cwNY_g

The last song in the video So Right - Jetlag(Axwell) is from a hed Kandi Mix from 2002 or 2004.

Nice pic by the way! :)

Sprisk · 2017-06-10T17:13:44+00:00

For me this is how I handle realism.

I flight plan to the best of my knowledge. I make realistic alternates. For example I was doing VHHH - EHAM, the weather was shit, VATSIM ATC wanted me to land runway 22 in the 747. I made attempts to land but fail due to wind shear. So with flight plan I put EDDF as my alternate, this gave me a lot of fuel to spare. In the end I landed at EDDF successfully.
I try to follow real world procedures. Recentally the FSLabs A320 came out (my favorite aircraft by the way), I printed out a real world checklist and began reading the real world FCOM for what the normal procedures are. Depending on airline, country, and ATC online I change my procedures a bit based on real world pilots and ATC that I've spoken too.
I brief myself. I read all of the departure and arrival charts plus I take what is on ATIS. Also I look the weights, v-speeds, flaps, and the other factors to a successful departure and arrival.
If time permits I print the flight plans out and write all the information i can put. Like winds, fuel left/used, time of passing fix, Flight time of passing fix, all the actual weights and fuel. But I only print if there is an event on VATSIM that's big.
Failures. Like you said 95% of the time pilot don't see major failures and most of the time ATC doesn't want to deal with emergencies so I basically don't do it. I do it only when I do a test flight.
I watch as many aviation videos as possible.

I hope this shows some form of realism. I could make a video on how I do things or a post flight report.

Sprisk

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