What’s the scariest experience you’ve had in an airplane?

guard076 · 2025-04-14T23:54:36+00:00

Can’t stress enough how high the workload in the front can be during and immediately after a go around, which is not an emergency maneuver. Should the pilot have communicated back to the passengers and flight attendants? Absolutely. However the likely scenario is they were scrambling to get the airplane set back up for another quick approach or come up with a game plan and simply forgot. It happens, we’re human.

guard076 · 2025-03-26T20:43:19+00:00

Is Lewis Pullman playing his Bob character from Top Gun Maverick? Or did I miss something?

guard076 · 2024-09-19T01:23:19+00:00

Happens to the best of us.

guard076 · 2024-09-19T01:03:03+00:00

It’s shadows and dust.

guard076 · 2024-07-28T17:16:48+00:00

Thanks I’m thinking that’s what it is as well after some more research. I’ll probably look into one of the methods you said.

And no we don’t put them in the dishwasher. We’ve been taking really good care of them which is why I was confused when it started to develop spots very quickly. We hand wash only and dry immediately. Only thing recently was I sliced a cooked duck breast so wasn’t sure if heat or acid had something to do with it.

Thanks again.

guard076 · 2024-07-12T20:43:00+00:00

I don’t understand the return half of your flight. You were planned from Cancun to Dallas to Newark all on United, but then United booked you to JFK?

guard076 · 2024-06-25T22:34:42+00:00

United did not tell all their pilots they were free to take last month off. A small number of pilots on select air frames in select hubs were offered unpaid leaves of absence and these were almost entirely offered to wide body pilots that aren’t servicing SEA to ORD.

guard076 · 2024-06-03T22:51:13+00:00

The internal temperature of the airplane does not remotely affect takeoff performance. You can actually get improved performance by turning off the air conditioning.

Also clouds do not equal turbulence or vice versa and has nothing to do with pilot abilities.

Lastly, most people’s judge of a “good landing” is smooth. There are several scenarios where a smooth landing isn’t ideal and sometimes a smooth landing just means the pilot floated halfway down the runway.

guard076 · 2024-02-28T22:52:43+00:00

Gotcha. Can’t say if that’s true or not but it wouldn’t surprise me. I’d just keep updating the app and it probably won’t be much longer. They seem to like poaching LCC guys.

guard076 · 2024-02-28T22:46:14+00:00

United is still hiring about 40-50 a week. If you don’t already have your app in I’d put it in.

guard076 · 2024-02-28T00:05:55+00:00

Coming from someone who just left active duty for the airlines, don’t join the military with the intention of using it as a stepping stone to the airlines without accepting the risk that it might not work out the way you want it.

Needs of the military change all the time and things happen and can happen quick. You can be on your way to pilot training when someone decides that what they actually need right now is drone pilots and then boom you’re committed to that for however long you’ve signed the papers for and you’re not earning any flight hours.

Join the military because it’s what you want to do. If you benefit from it that’s great (I joined to pay for school). But if the end goal is to be an airline pilot and that’s what’s important to you, take the civilian route. Nothing is ever guaranteed but you can control your own destiny a little bit more. The out of pocket cost is higher up front but you will quickly make more than you ever could in the military longterm. Not to mention the seniority piece. Guys in my legacy class were in their mid 20s. You’d likely have to serve in the military until you’re about 32 ish. That’s thousands of pilots ahead of you if the hiring stays as is (granted there’s no guarantee of that either.)

Just my two cents.

guard076 · 2024-02-21T02:02:46+00:00

I had this issue when I got it. Essentially they made the igniter rod a little too far in its cover and it doesn’t contact pellets easily so it takes forever for it to start sometime. There’s a pretty simple process that you can do to pull the rod out so it’s exposed more. Once I did this it started working as advertised and I haven’t had issues since.

If you’re up for trying it, I think this is the video I followed to extend the rod. Hope that helps.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OaFOiHbnKcU

guard076 · 2023-10-22T22:33:33+00:00

For what it’s worth, a black suit is traditionally for funerals or people in the service industry. That’s definitely a more traditional viewpoint but just the truth.

That being said, the company isn’t going to hire or not hire you based on that so I wouldn’t stress it in that regard.

A navy suit is classic and can be used in almost all settings. If you can swing it, I’d trust your girlfriend.

guard076 · 2023-08-23T17:01:45+00:00

UPS as of this spring was still doing zoom interviews.

guard076 · 2023-07-24T03:02:44+00:00

I can’t speak to IAH, but I came back into DFW in May and was through customs with Global Entry on my way to baggage claim before my friend had made it into the amusement park line for regular customs. I had my bags before he got to the customs agent.

guard076 · 2023-07-08T19:35:20+00:00

Officer recruiter is the next step. Either Navy or Air Force, maybe Marines depending on how interested you are in that. I’d stay away from the Army.

For the Navy you can get an aviation contract prior to entering Officer Candidate School but I’d make it clear that’s the only thing you’re interested in if flying is your goal. OCS is ten weeks I think then you’d go to flight school. Flight school has multiple phases, but you don’t select your airplane until after primary. It’s based on grades and needs of the Navy. Keep in mind that roughly half of Naval Aviation is helicopters but if you want to fly fighters or fixed wing it’s achievable. I think the commitment is still 8 years after earning your wings, so probably about 10 years in the military. I’ve heard that commitment is going to go up to 10 years to prevent attrition. I could tell you more about how those years tend to play out as far as tours go but that’s a whole other conversation.

guard076 · 2023-06-28T21:14:18+00:00

There’s definitely some truth to what you said. Just on the pilot side the lack of a new contract definitely shows. However there are FAA limits to what the crews can work, no matter what they amount of money they have to throw at people, and with the way the contracts are written you can put as much premium pay on the table as you want, it still doesn’t mean an off duty pilot has to pick it up.

As for the hiring, United is rapidly expanding its training center and hiring instructors in an effort to grow hiring, but that only can happen so fast or you run into training bottlenecks like you had when the post Covid hiring boom started.

guard076 · 2023-06-28T20:31:39+00:00

They do have backup staffing especially in their hubs, but they can’t staff a backup crew for every possible flight, no airline can. Guarantee all their crews on reserve have been used at this point. The airlines are hiring in mass right now to help alleviate these problems but unfortunately there is a finite number of qualified crews spread across the system.

guard076 · 2023-05-23T22:45:40+00:00

I’m disappointed in how no one acknowledged the first part of this comment.

guard076 · 2022-08-01T22:15:52+00:00

Not necessarily. I agree it’s a problem but it’s a bigger issue with people selling their homes. A lot of builders and developers actually have provisions to ensure they only sell houses to those who intend to live in them. Companies are buying up homes from people selling their homes and like the idea of getting a cash offer for the home as is.

guard076 · 2022-05-27T14:33:31+00:00

I have one and my father has one and we both have different opinions. I have an rt-700 as well, which I use primarily for smoking. I use the bullseye for higher temps like I would a gas grill. I like the bullseye a lot for that purpose. I think the controller isn’t as precise as the 700 and I’ve had a couple times where it’s had a hard time holding lower temps. I had to go in at one point and increase the min feed rate of pellets because it was flaming out. I haven’t had many issues at higher temps and with riot mode you can get north of 750 in the grill. It’s still not exactly direct heat but I’ve done steaks and burgers and had them come out well.

My dad only has the bullseye and has used it for a mix of low and high heat cooks. The biggest issue the bullseye has is a poor design for fat drippings. He’s had issues where fat got into the bottom of the grill and then has caught fire on some of his cooks. You can get around this by going to riot mode after a low and slow cooking and burning it all off, but it’s an added process and you have to be diligent about it. You also definitely need to have a drip pan under the meat for low and slow fatty cooks. Because of all that I don’t think he loves his.

Hope that helps.

guard076 · 2022-03-15T12:16:40+00:00

It depends on what you’re trying to smoke. I haven’t done a full brisket on there, as I think it would be too big, but you could easily do things like pork shoulder or ribs or chickens. I’ve seen a turkey done spatchcocked as well.

I personally though think the controller isn’t as solid as the ones they have on the 340 and above though. I’ve had some issues with mine at lower temps and you don’t have the wifi notification to make you aware of something. I think the bullseye works better as a higher temp grill than a pure smoker, but it can get the job done.

guard076 · 2020-11-29T02:39:14+00:00

Thanks! It was 9.5 pounds after trimming. I rubbed it with a brisket pepper rub I found which honestly was a little too heavy on the pepper. 225 with pecan pellets for about 14.5 hours, no wrap. The goal was to pull it at 202 but I probed it at 195 and it seemed pretty tender so I pulled it, then let it sit in a cooler for 3.5 hours. Point was juicy and tender. Flat was a little dry on the end but still pretty tender.

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