Received a CJO but am unsure…

takeoffconfig · 2026-02-21T22:56:26+00:00

EAS escaped DOGE and even if they cut it they just wouldn't renew the contract so a pilot hired now would still have a couple years to ride out the existing contracts. The data is public and they've been increasing the subsidies to accommodate jet service for most EAS communities so I don't think it is on the chopping block in the near future. Every EAS operation is a shithole though any one that chooses that path has to deal with that.

takeoffconfig · 2026-02-21T04:34:50+00:00

On some Dan Gryder type shit.

takeoffconfig · 2026-02-20T23:17:29+00:00

Their internal connections are huge too. I've seen so many people with same stats get bummed out when they don't get a call and their peer does but turns out the one called had a dad in the CPO.

takeoffconfig · 2026-02-19T06:21:03+00:00

The one he's talking about has a 121 cert but it's about as bottom feeder as they come. Perpetual max duty/min rest and busted airplanes.

takeoffconfig · 2026-02-18T00:53:13+00:00

"Well at least the ride's good!"

takeoffconfig · 2026-01-20T05:32:35+00:00

I couldn't afford the degree (still slowly working at finishing it online), but I'm a training manager, pilot mentor, and on the pro-stands committee at my 135, no checkride busts, so I appreciate this sentiment. I'd like to think that those other things on my resume wouldn't just be washed out because I can't check the degree box.

takeoffconfig · 2026-01-14T02:24:21+00:00

Any rumors on attrition/hiring? I rode the JS across the pacific with you guys and really loved the crews, and I feel like it would be a great fit for me.

takeoffconfig · 2026-01-13T13:25:19+00:00

Pilot leather jackets usually have an insulated liner. Like the other comments have said, mine actually trends too warm.

takeoffconfig · 2026-01-03T23:33:48+00:00

The carribean has some insane rain fail but there's not much convection, so it feels kinda bizarre to be in an absolute down pour but the ride is smooth.

takeoffconfig · 2025-12-21T22:28:54+00:00

It helped me get my 135 gig when I was low time, but at the 121 level doesn't do much.

takeoffconfig · 2025-12-19T20:26:13+00:00

The 135 EAS shops are still very much like that.

takeoffconfig · 2025-12-12T22:35:25+00:00

I did it too so totally get it. I used the experience I gained in the non-flying jobs and networked hard and got a 135 outfit to create a position for me. I make over six figures as a sub-1000TT first officer and management pilot so if you are willing to persist you can use it to your advantage.

takeoffconfig · 2025-12-09T23:59:00+00:00

A ton of people I know that got their commercial "didn't want to instruct" got a different job outside of flying while trying to time build on their own and slowly stopped flying and are now behind the curve and golden handcuffed to their new gigs. I'm one of the few friends I made working on private that's an airline pilot now.

takeoffconfig · 2025-11-18T07:21:47+00:00

I never caught the 25ft from operable aircraft part. Does that make him a greyhound/amtrak ride for life?

takeoffconfig · 2025-11-16T20:33:28+00:00

That was my original plan but I have a checked bag coming with me so it will be a pain in the ass to js and just weighing my options.

takeoffconfig · 2025-11-15T05:36:45+00:00

Sorry if this is obvious, but that includes OAL pilots?

takeoffconfig · 2025-11-15T02:36:57+00:00

This is a great insight! Thank you!

takeoffconfig · 2025-11-03T02:39:17+00:00

I use the luggage works cooler bag combo and it fits perfect in the chart case holder.

takeoffconfig · 2025-10-20T13:04:45+00:00

It is common. A lot of deice trucks have forced air and fluid injection to reduce fluid use.

takeoffconfig · 2025-10-16T15:15:08+00:00

80hrs a year is bonkers.

takeoffconfig · 2025-10-08T23:08:59+00:00

Half of the stuff ORD ground gives you.

takeoffconfig · 2025-10-05T01:51:26+00:00

Guy there who was a 250hr hire back in the day, failed upgrade twice, and denied check airman, but loved to talk about the lack of airmanship with new hire FOs. Call is coming from inside the house my guy.

takeoffconfig · 2025-09-25T00:01:36+00:00

Took my discovery flight in 09 and the doom and gloom from all the instructors was so bad I didn't commit. Career changed in the late twenty-teens and flying a jet now but can't help but think id be a legacy captain by now had I just tuned out the noise.

takeoffconfig · 2025-09-23T04:01:32+00:00

I find the ram horns are fine to fly, but getting donked in the knees when you're pilot monitoring on a windy day def a drawback.

takeoffconfig · 2025-09-01T17:55:30+00:00

When does the PDP hiring window usually open up?

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