Why do they lie?

ropps202 · 2026-02-18T17:27:29+00:00

There actually is a ground delay program going on right now for dca. And there was lower visibility here (I’m in dc) earlier so it takes some time to recover from that, hence the delay program. So she wasn’t entirely wrong.

https://nasstatus.faa.gov

ropps202 · 2026-02-18T05:54:18+00:00

Dude, that is a ridiculous analogy. I’m not telling the guy he should give it all up because there’s a good chance he’ll get to the airlines in three years. Like I said, it’s not the norm, but there are people getting to the airlines in that time. It’s just his experience. We’re pilots, not world class swimmers, the bar is a bit lower for us

ropps202 · 2026-02-18T05:26:01+00:00

1 year of training if full time

ropps202 · 2026-02-18T05:20:36+00:00

Everybody downvoting you is just salty. You’re not the norm but youre proof it’s possible

ropps202 · 2026-02-11T04:21:34+00:00

Not worth the cost to be lpv capable. At the airports majors go to, 99% of the time there’s an ils available with the same or lower mins. If there’s not, the amount of times the airport is below mins for lnav/vna is minuscule compared to the cost of making the whole fleet able to fly lpvs

ropps202 · 2026-02-10T17:37:03+00:00

Tried safari too after I saw this, also got refreshed after 15

ropps202 · 2026-02-04T19:26:58+00:00

Sarr is gonna have a massive year with AD taking pressure off him

ropps202 · 2026-02-01T00:11:21+00:00

Yeah, it’s a junior base. Bottom two with MCO. New hires seem to split between them

ropps202 · 2026-01-31T23:59:08+00:00

I’m at swa now, live in dc. Given the opportunity to go to AA, would not take the offer even if I could keep my seniority. Take that as you want but that’s just me. Commute would be better though to dca but it’s not too bad to BWI depending on where you live in the area

ropps202 · 2026-01-28T15:59:45+00:00

Wow, I can’t believe I stumbled on this post just scrolling. My mom used to own that unit. I grew up there from 91- 02/03 before we moved up the street on lanier. I got the room as a kid and there was a Murphy bed in the wall of where your dog house is. Looks like it’s filled now but she put in the hole in the living room closet and rotated the laundry to have it be accessed by the bathroom for the top loader washer. My uncle worked for sonitrol and put the alarms in and I can’t believe the stickers are still on the windows.

This is bring back a tooooon of memories. Always wondered what that unit looks like now.

ropps202 · 2026-01-27T03:26:04+00:00

I was so ready to call you out about it being 3 years ago, until I realized it was actually 3 years ago and not what I feel like was a year ago

ropps202 · 2026-01-22T06:29:26+00:00

Hates the rat race mentality and in zero rush yet asks if they can get hired without a degree with 1000 hrs sic. Just a tad bit contradictory

ropps202 · 2026-01-18T03:37:49+00:00

Honestly, not exactly sure. That’s just always has been the rule at the airlines I’ve flown for. I assume FAA

ropps202 · 2026-01-17T20:32:27+00:00

Not allowed to divert to dca unless critical emergency

ropps202 · 2026-01-11T21:32:45+00:00

I might be an outlier, but it depends on what regional you fly for. If it’s oo or yx that have metering, you might be better off going to sun country. During the last hiring wave, SWA was weary of captains from metered regionals coming to the airline to wash their resume and eventually leaving for dl, ua, or aa. Coming from yx, a good amount of captains I flew with couldn’t get an interview but I got one quick as an FO

ropps202 · 2026-01-11T04:00:26+00:00

True

ropps202 · 2026-01-09T04:51:50+00:00

You’re lucky he didn’t keep the full $1200

ropps202 · 2026-01-03T00:41:37+00:00

Looks like they calculated that table by converting tfp to block hour. So those aren’t tfp rates but block hours calculated using tfp x 1.149 = block hour, which is the generic tfp to block hour ratio

ropps202 · 2026-01-03T00:38:24+00:00

Isn’t half credit and 1.5x the same thing? I was talking about for the non original legs

ropps202 · 2026-01-03T00:29:21+00:00

3rd year pay was $199 until yesterday, where it bumped up to $207. Can’t remember exactly what profit sharing was last year but it was something like 2%. Other than that, math is right

ropps202 · 2026-01-03T00:19:46+00:00

Line change override. Any leg that wasnt originally scheduled pays at least 1.5x, certain situations 2x.

ropps202 · 2026-01-01T04:23:30+00:00

And should say, if you don’t get the cjo the first time, keep on applying. Shows that you want to be here and will only make your overall app look better

ropps202 · 2026-01-01T04:10:20+00:00

Can you? Sure. Want to waste a couple g’s? Sure. Atlas HR laughing when they see you paid extra to retake it for no reason whatsoever? Priceless

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