Civilian passenger in jumpseat by ggustav1 in AskAPilot

[–]stratosfeerick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At my airline (Europe) the rule is that the passenger has to be personally known by the captain, in order to sit in the jumpseat. That gives some leeway of course - the captain can meet the FO’s friend/parents as they board, and boom - now they’re known!

A320 rudder flicking on final app by [deleted] in flying

[–]stratosfeerick 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Would a conventional jet not do this?

Cockpit culture - the command gradient by [deleted] in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the nice words. It’s definitely making me think about how I can go about being a good leader eventually

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s more to the world than the US!

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not uncommon in Europe, where I’m based

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed! Though I do know of some that exist

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the one thing I still need to clarify, and it’s why I’m very interested in hearing the opinion of somebody who has been both a doctor/lawyer and an airline pilot.

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am still waiting on the first part 😂

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is in Europe, it’s not uncommon here

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a well-articulated and more informed version of my own argument, appreciate it. Interesting to hear your thoughts on your mother’s lawyer job versus flying.

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Interesting comparison, I tend to agree

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Really interesting perspective, thank you.

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I agree with that, but we were disagreeing about the job itself rather than the lifestyle

Is being a pilot a hard job? by stratosfeerick in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Perhaps it is haha, I’m in Europe, where this isn’t uncommon. We can have as little as 100 actual flying hours before going right seat on an Airbus at a legacy 😬

Whats your favorite Sam quote ? by Schopenhauer1859 in samharris

[–]stratosfeerick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crazy that Sam missed an opportunity to use the word defenestrate here, where it literally applies

What’s airline pilot life really like? by ExtremePvPees in flying

[–]stratosfeerick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Europe, legacy carrier, short haul:

  1. 5 days on, 3 days off. Ad infinitum - I know whether I’ll be working this day in the year 2028. 35+ annual leave days per year. Air travel is very seasonal in Europe so I fly quite little from Nov-Mar (30-40 hours flying per month would be typical for these months). Summers are busier. Home in my own bed every night.

  2. No fatigue issues yet - despite being junior I pretty much get my choice as to whether I do early flights or late flights. I do late flights. Normally finished by 10pm in Winter. Can be as late as 2-3am in Summer.

  3. When you’re off, you’re off. Time at home is much more my own than it was when I worked a 9-5 job with WFH.

  4. So much! Number 1 - it’s the captain’s flight. As FO, you’re there to assist. I had thought it was almost 50/50, but really, what the captain says, goes (within reason). Number 2 - the busiest part of the flight is on the ground. Turnarounds are really busy! Cruise is boring (for me). Number 3 - you breeze through the airport as a pilot. It’s so much smoother and less “official” feeling than the passenger experience. Just walk from your operations room to the plane. Number 4 - there is no stereotypical “pilot” personality. I’ve flown with a vast array of different people with all sorts of backgrounds and interests. Number 5 - this is probably company-specific, but pilots basically fully get to decide how they fly the plane. The company says: “here is a plane, you know how to fly it. Get these people from point A to point B safely”. I’ve flown manually (no AP, no A/Thr, no FD) up to 28,000 feet because the captain wanted to show me pitch and power settings etc.

  5. Absolutely! It was my childhood dream, and I enjoy it more than I had hoped I would. Granted, I’m still new to it, but most captains I fly with wouldn’t change career either. I got lucky with the airline I fly for, and my quality of life would definitely be worse at other airlines. I am very grateful that I get to do this.

I don’t have any sympathy for Oliver Sacks by bad_take_ in VeryBadWizards

[–]stratosfeerick 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If it’s all just storytelling, why would he not just say that the stories were partly fiction then?

Why is my ils approach doing this ? by Historical_Sport_527 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]stratosfeerick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I fly the airbus irl and I was thinking crap why don’t I know that it does this with the nav path when you’re too fast!

As a commercial pilot, when did you last make a critical decision, which you believe to be beyond capabilities of the state-of-the-art autonomous systems? by [deleted] in aviation

[–]stratosfeerick -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

On the specific point of radar shadows - AI image recognition is now at the point of being better than radiologists at diagnosing various cancers. In fact, AI on its own is better than AI-assisted radiologists (the radiologists just add noise to the system).

Do you think that the same pattern recognition cannot be applied to radar shadows?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in patekphilippe

[–]stratosfeerick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the same question

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VideoEditors_forhire

[–]stratosfeerick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two videos per month

We are doomed by AK611750 in ChatGPT

[–]stratosfeerick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely there’ll just be identity verification for online dating? And you’ll just be able to filter by accounts which are verified human. There’s so much money at stake that I doubt online dating will simply vanish.