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Yeah and good luck getting controllers to admit we need to split sectors when longer breaks are on the line. How many times have you heard "it's slow, let's combine it up," followed and hour later by "man I just got my rear end kicked  "
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Any pilots here that got LASIK? Especially those working commercially? I'm thinking about it just cause I'm sick of wearing these drat contacts all the time that dry out and they're costing me a shitload (like $1000 a year) I figure I'd break even on LASIK in a relatively short timeframe. Just worried about any problems flying afterwards, how long I have to stop flying, etc.
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Aug 3, 2013 03:58
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The Slaughter posted:Any pilots here that got LASIK? Especially those working commercially? Sounds like a good question for the medical guys at AOPA or your union (if applicable). From what I've heard though it's pretty much a non issue and will only take you out of commission for a few days.
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Aug 3, 2013 04:18
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We don't have a union but I could arrange 2 weeks off easily, just not sure if I'd need to or not, since I normally get 6 days off. I've read a little bit on JC about it but still not sure what my responsibilities are as far as grounding myself.
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Aug 3, 2013 04:31
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Lllllllllloooooooooovvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee the new ATP rule!
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Aug 3, 2013 04:34
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The Slaughter posted:Any pilots here that got LASIK? Especially those working commercially? On the 0.01% chance of your career ending due to complications, are you ok with the risk? Thats what holds be back. I don't think I know, or have flown with anyone who flies professionally. I suppose some might have done it and just try to hide it.
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Aug 3, 2013 05:37
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The Slaughter posted:Any pilots here that got LASIK? Especially those working commercially? Just wear glasses and be done with, or suck it up and get a set of non-disposables. I've worn glasses when I fly since the day I got my Class 1 medical.
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Aug 3, 2013 06:09
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What's up controller buddies?  You will find no more bitchy, entitled, whiny group in the world than controllers. I wouldn't say that it's because it's most people's first job and thus they don't know what "real work" is, as most of the controllers I know got in the game a little late and have held plenty of jobs prior to being a controller. I think you just get used to a new normal and forget how good you have it. I've worked plenty of poo poo jobs in my day and I know just how loving lucky I am.
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Aug 3, 2013 07:29
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KodiakRS posted:Well I guess the pilot shortage is here. We're already out of FO reserves for tomorrow. To make matters worse we're losing about 30 guys a month and that number is only going to go up as the doors at AAG, UAL, and Delta open up over the next year or so. Of course then there is bullshit like this: Same at my company. We are probably going to have to hire this year unless they start taking planes off property. Our union president says no signing bonuses and we'll get the new hires because of our upgrade times...... I'm a 6 year FO on 4th year bankruptcy pay. Yea, good luck.
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Aug 3, 2013 14:26
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I've had LASIK, but I just have a class 3 medical. Officially speaking, check out this link: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/faq/response12/ So the short version is you should probably ask the LASIK place how soon they would be willing to write you such a letter after the operation, assuming things worked as intended. From my experience, it's pretty fast, but it's worth having as much information as you can get up front. Edit: In my case, if you're wondering how fast is fast, I could see better immediately after the procedure, but still blurry. The morning after, I was 20/20, the day after that, 20/15 both eyes. Custom wavefront LASIK. 2 years on, one eye is going nearsighted again, but I'm going in for a free touch-up to fix it. You might want to ask the place you go to if they have a policy for touch-ups. Dalrain fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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Aug 3, 2013 14:46
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The Ferret King posted:We're within the range of our nominal staffing numbers but we still have a significant number of trainees. There's still plenty of overtime where it's allowed and leave is hard to come by. Plus, a lot of us are trying to transfer for career/life reasons so it's going to be like this a while. AMA is in the exact same situation, I've got overtime tonight  . We just got a developmental ERR who is from the area and apparently are getting a CPC in September so I'm hoping that bodes well for my transfer possibilities. Any of you controllers have a pilot that is infamous around your facility for being tough to work with? We've got a guy who is always chirping at us for any delay, even when he isn't medevac status. Gave my buddy a "Wow... OK" the other day when he was vectored to an 8 mile final to help out tower who had some military in the pattern.
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Aug 3, 2013 18:19
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Yes a couple, one was a controller at this same facility so he's especially familiar.
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Aug 3, 2013 18:55
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Zochness posted:AMA is in the exact same situation, I've got overtime tonight We have a guy who is a massive dick, always tries to screw fellow pilots by taking an intersection (against his company policy) to try and scoot past two or three waiting full length, will intentionally gently caress with your pattern, and if he hears a new voice (trainee) he will bitch at them and give them a hard time. Iucounu fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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Aug 3, 2013 18:57
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KodiakRS posted:Well I guess the pilot shortage is here. We're already out of FO reserves for tomorrow. To make matters worse we're losing about 30 guys a month and that number is only going to go up as the doors at AAG, UAL, and Delta open up over the next year or so. Of course then there is bullshit like this: Well, that was quick.  e- Does Kirby really buy that? I get the feeling that if it's that way, it'd be more because people are getting frustrated and saying "gently caress this". What are the alternatives for pilots in that time range at this point, anyway? Choice of CFI or night cargo in a Shorts 360 or Beech 1900? CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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Aug 3, 2013 19:07
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What do you guys use for digital logbooks? I'm looking to switch over and there's a whole bunch of options. I'd ideally like something that keeps track of Canadian currency requirements. Looking at LogTen Pro and it's just the 100$ price tag that's holding me back right now, and that it looks like I'd need to buy two versions for both my Mac and iPad.
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Aug 3, 2013 22:34
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Logtenpro is fantastic. And don't they have a universal one now where you get it for both?
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Aug 4, 2013 00:30
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Log ten pro. Universal for ipad and iPhone. Mac costs extra. I have all 4 variants lol, because I accidentally didn't buy the universal one first.
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Unicom posted:What do you guys use for digital logbooks? I'm looking to switch over and there's a whole bunch of options. I'd ideally like something that keeps track of Canadian currency requirements. Looking at LogTen Pro and it's just the 100$ price tag that's holding me back right now, and that it looks like I'd need to buy two versions for both my Mac and iPad. LogTen Pro. I don't use a mobile version because I'm an Android user. I love that I can import my schedule (LogBook Pro charges monthly for this function) and it pre-fills my logbook and my phone's calendar (via iCal to Google Calendar).
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This is normal, right? I have a picture of the GI message that went out nationally too. Amazing stuff. Hopefully them spraying that end of the control room doesn't push them towards my area... Edit for picture: 
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Aug 4, 2013 14:39
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We sometimes get snakes, lizards, rats etc in the building. Haven't yet gone ATC Alert/ATC Zero as a result of them though. A month or so ago, a pack of feral dogs chased down a coworker of mine in the parking lot. He fell and shattered his elbow but the dogs didn't attack. Wildlife woes in a government facility. They don't just antagonize aircraft.
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Aug 4, 2013 15:14
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The Ferret King posted:We sometimes get snakes, lizards, rats etc in the building. Haven't yet gone ATC Alert/ATC Zero as a result of them though. This is amazing in a sick kind of way. We have goats on the property where I am at. Not one or two, but like 20. Also, baby goats are amazingly cute.
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What does it mean when ATC refer to aircraft as a "Company" plane. Like "traffic is a company 777". Is it just a callsign for an airline or something else?
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Aug 4, 2013 19:24
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thehustler posted:What does it mean when ATC refer to aircraft as a "Company" plane. Like "traffic is a company 777". Is it just a callsign for an airline or something else? It means the traffic is from the same airline.
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Aug 4, 2013 20:10
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It's non standard verbiage that's widely used to tell the pilot they're looking for an aircraft of the same airline/paint scheme. Really we're supposed to use manufacturer or type.
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Aug 4, 2013 20:11
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The Ferret King posted:We sometimes get snakes, lizards, rats etc in the building. Haven't yet gone ATC Alert/ATC Zero as a result of them though. When I worked at Nellis tower we had a camel spider infestation. No one got bit but goddamn those fuckers give me the heebie jeebies.
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The Ferret King posted:It's non standard verbiage that's widely used to tell the pilot they're looking for an aircraft of the same airline/paint scheme. I always wondered about that. Some controllers use it to describe other aircraft of my company (same callsign) and some use it for any in my carrier's paint scheme.
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Just finished up another lesson! 3.5 total hours now. I did a lot better at straight and level flight today while flying out to our practice spot, which made me feel pretty good. The wind was pretty strong today, so we worked on ground reference maneuvers. I was fairly decent doing level "crabbing" to keep the correct ground course against the prevailing winds. On the other hand, the turns around a point and S-turns across a road were... challenging to say the least. I made pretty much every error listed in the Flying Handbook (most egregiously gaining/losing a couple hundred feet of altitude every time while still not completing the turns correctly). Still trying to perfect my attention coordination between the outside view and the instrument check. Unfortunately my learning style is "gently caress it up 5 times, sleep on it, gently caress it up twice more, then it finally starts to click." A bit frustrating to perform horribly, but that's the purpose of being a student I guess.
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You'll learn to appreciate and even enjoy the emotional roller coaster. You'll also see how a bit of humility can really set you apart from the crowd in aviation. It seems like your mind is in the right place. vvvvvv Calm down there slugger. You're getting excitable. The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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If you're going this crazy after 3.5 hours of flying you're going to go apeshit insane before you ever get a PPL. You go up, you practice, you make mistakes, you learn, you get better. Just wait until you're trying to do landings for soloing, trying to learn how to land is the most frustrating thing. Flight instruction utilizes the building block method as well as correlation. You start with the basics and then keep adding and adding. It takes time to get those skills, and soon you'll be able to correlate other areas of flying where the same skills apply. 3.5 hours is a very small amount of time however to start trying to judge yourself. When I first started driving a stick shift, I found it super difficult. Now, I do it every day and I don't even think about it. Flying gets to be the same way.
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ProFootballGuy posted:Unfortunately my learning style is "gently caress it up 5 times, sleep on it, gently caress it up twice more, then it finally starts to click." A bit frustrating to perform horribly, but that's the purpose of being a student I guess. Dude, relax Seriously, you need to chill out. You have freaking 3.5 hours of flight time. The fact that you're even realizing you're off altitude puts you way ahead of the game. Relax. Have fun with your training. Seriously, relax and stop worrying. reeeelllaaaaax. If you want some more concrete advice I would say that you're probably spending too much time "inside" looking at the instruments. During a turn around a point you should be spending about 90% of the time with your eyes focusing on your pitch attitude, 7% looking at the point, and about 3% looking at your instruments. P.S. Relax.
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Got to teach in a 182 with a STOL kit fitted today (drooped wingtips and giant vortex generators), which was a lot of fun. It's a 1960 model, so nothing in the cockpit is quite where'd you expect, but it has giant toggle switches for everything electrical (so much more satisfying to flip than the plastic switches on later models), along with a very manly Johnson bar for the flaps. On takeoff, the weight of the engine and forward CG means that the STOL kit doesn't have too much of an effect, but in the air, it makes the airplane pretty much un-stallable. At one point, we had the airspeed indicator reading somewhere less than 40 MPH, and the airplane was in an easily controlled descent and refused to actually break into a stall. Coming in to land, the STOL kit and 40 degree flap settings allow some absurdly steep descents, but the added lift from the kit means that the airplane really doesn't want to settle on the landing roll and gets squirrely with a crosswind unless you dump the flaps after touchdown.
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ProFootballGuy posted:Unfortunately my learning style is "gently caress it up 5 times, sleep on it, gently caress it up twice more, then it finally starts to click." A bit frustrating to perform horribly, but that's the purpose of being a student I guess. ...until you're trying to get cleared for solo and your learning style becomes: gently caress it up 15 times, sleep on it, gently caress it up 14 times, sleep on it, gently caress it up 13 times, sleep on it, and so on. I think it's pretty normal to be as excited as you are though, so don't worry about that. Did you get your medical yet? You'll need it sooner than you think and it would be best not to get any surprises right before you are cleared to solo. azflyboy posted:along with a very manly Johnson bar for the flaps. I love Johnson bars. I wonder what Dr. Freud would say about us?
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fknlo posted:They actually have an A-side checkride there? How many hours did you have to get? I had to get 8 hours of time total with a really bored CPC watching me and then I was magically certified! Cap is 50hrs, minimum was 20, I got 22.5. My trainer was INCREDIBLY bored. Our area looking at 6-day workweeks in the immediate future, due to retirements. Come to sunny south Florida.  Derp-edit: Because we have some non-radar oceanic stuff going down in other areas, there are still A side check rides, but for my area, it's kindof a joke. Also, my academy buddy sent me a pic of that spider GI message the other day. I loving hate spiders. Use your sick leave up. MrYenko fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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The Slaughter posted:.. contract? What? is this CAE? transpac? why would you sign a contract to be a flight instructor? Nope, local school in KSLC. I like the idea of having a salary so that I can still make some money in bad weather, plus I'm getting four instrument students to start with. Haven't signed any paperwork yet so I'm sure I can back out if the need arises...
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Sounds like a good gig, depending on the salary. Carry breath mints and gum at all times.
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How goes it Rolo?? I just went through my first CFI Ground School and I'm dying....
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MrYenko posted:Use your sick leave up. Hell no, they're going to be the only way to get days off over the next few years! I'm already sitting on 180 something hours, gotta keep building!
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fknlo posted:Hell no, they're going to be the only way to get days off over the next few years! I'm already sitting on 180 something hours, gotta keep building! Absolutely. Except where spiders are concerned.
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azflyboy posted:Got to teach in a 182 with a STOL kit fitted today (drooped wingtips and giant vortex generators), which was a lot of fun. It's a 1960 model, so nothing in the cockpit is quite where'd you expect, but it has giant toggle switches for everything electrical (so much more satisfying to flip than the plastic switches on later models), along with a very manly Johnson bar for the flaps. I've flown a 172SP with a STOL kit and, yeah, you're wasting your time trying to get that thing to stall/spin. On my initial checkout in it, I was told "Just try to give me a power-off stall, but it's probably not going to break so don't get frustrated if it doesn't work.".
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CBJSprague24 posted:I've flown a 172SP with a STOL kit and, yeah, you're wasting your time trying to get that thing to stall/spin. On my initial checkout in it, I was told "Just try to give me a power-off stall, but it's probably not going to break so don't get frustrated if it doesn't work.". Reminds me of the AN-2: wikipedia posted:A note from the pilot's handbook reads: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph), and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."
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