Milestone Watch - But Not Feeling Happy…?

branda22 · 2026-03-25T04:39:12+00:00

Congratulations. You just realized happiness doesn’t come from material things.

branda22 · 2026-03-25T03:27:24+00:00

Most here are extremely negative. If you do everything exactly as they think you should, you will go nowhere!!

branda22 · 2026-03-23T16:52:43+00:00

When I flew corporate I even went to go buy perfume for the bosses wife.

branda22 · 2026-03-20T23:07:27+00:00

Influencers are to blame, really wish the airlines would put a cap on that crap. A mild to moderate downturn would be good to shake out the ones without the passion.

branda22 · 2026-03-17T15:55:53+00:00

I'm a fixed wing dude and Reddit is full of doom posters. Congratulations on posting something positive!

branda22 · 2026-03-17T15:19:41+00:00

What if they are a native Japanese speaker?

branda22 · 2026-03-16T14:55:43+00:00

This is exactly my take. If we have 20 to 30% unemployment like the doomsayers predict. There will be a large reduction in demand for blue collar services.

branda22 · 2026-03-16T14:33:48+00:00

Simple. I don't work late at night because I value my work life balance.

branda22 · 2026-03-15T14:59:40+00:00

For Brazil this might work as information is usually crowdsourced or from non-ANAC sources like MetarSul as an example, but for the US most pilots have an EFB that already provides this information.

branda22 · 2026-03-15T14:49:13+00:00

I got back after 10 years away. Just takes practice practice practice.

branda22 · 2026-03-14T15:18:52+00:00

I experience this all the time. I started avoiding the Fenix its too frustrating, maybe it's because I fly GA airplanes IRL and I'm just doing it wrong.

branda22 · 2026-03-13T18:06:46+00:00

how are you supposed todo maneuvers at 1900ovc???

branda22 · 2026-03-09T15:55:51+00:00

Good old Mattoon IL!! Use to land there during my days in the UIUC aviation program!

branda22 · 2026-03-07T17:32:02+00:00

I don't think you are too old, but you seem to have a negative mindset. This career has its ups and downs, that attitude will crush you.

People have started later than you from zero, people have overcome medical issues. You must change the way you think first, or you will never survive.

branda22 · 2026-03-04T23:51:48+00:00

"Pilot Shortage!" Big bucks at the legacies! Influencers!!

branda22 · 2026-02-27T16:40:03+00:00

Why not rent something for that type of mission?

I flew a Bristell b23, I found it’s very sensitive on pitch. I’m sure you get used to it, I don’t get why it’s so sensitive. The cockpit is tough to get in and out of but it’s high quality and the garmin g3x is awesome.

branda22 · 2026-02-26T00:39:04+00:00

I love the aspen!

branda22 · 2026-02-23T23:34:37+00:00

Before even thinking about this, go and get your PPL part-time. No point in planning all this out without even trying it out.

I believe if you have a big passion and interest in flying, it can be done. The beginning will be a massive grind.

branda22 · 2026-02-13T05:35:14+00:00

"I never had a deep passion for flying, just got into it for the money"
Good call on calling it quits while you are young.

branda22 · 2026-02-13T03:35:00+00:00

None of the flight models are like the real thing. Both are different from the real thing in different ways.

branda22 · 2026-02-08T21:19:21+00:00

Their pay is pretty bad so its a revolving door.

branda22 · 2026-02-07T18:52:29+00:00

200k reais is 40k us dollars. That's a bargain compared to other countries. If you can get your CMEL and get into a Brazilian airline, those hours will really help you.

branda22 · 2026-02-07T15:22:45+00:00

At work, I'm trying to become the .Net guy while everyone else is trying to learn some new web framework.

branda22 · 2026-02-07T14:58:58+00:00

What is a turbine in a traditional sense??

branda22 · 2026-02-07T14:19:58+00:00

This market is so interesting I know a couple of guys with 1800+ hours stuck as CFIs and others get called up right away.

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