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MrChips posted:KLIT is real, but I've yet to hear confirmation of the rumours about the existence of GSPOT...some say it's a final approach fix, while others claim it's an initial. WHO KNOWS? They should totally establish it as a fix on an approach with a procedure turn. Then it could be both!
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Good news everyone! I get the impression that the pilots on the forum think they are above reproach when it comes to their Medicals and their future flying careers. However, twice in my immediate family have I had perfectly able pilots give up any hope of being able to get Medicals in a timely fashion. Even with Special Issuances, where the FAA doctors OK the medical themselves, it usually takes 2-3 months for that to happen. So by the time you have your medical back its only 6 months until you need to do the process again, usually at huge expense. I am so excited. The Pilots Bill of Rights 2, has just been introduced in the Senate and the House. It represents the greatest and easiest way to pass the 3rd class medical exemption with the least fuss. Please, everyone, call or email your representatives and senators to let them know of your support of HR1062 and S571. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Medical-Reform-Tops-List-Again-In-Pilots-Bill-of-Rights-2-223621-1.html PS now is the time to buy an airplane, before their values go up significantly because of the returning market, I hope.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 10:23 |
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Cocoa Crispies posted:One of the cheap RTL-SDR units on Amazon. Cheers for that. I happen to have all of that, minus the RTL-SDR dongle - which I didn't realise is supported by some USB TV dongles. Will give it a whirl!
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Captain Apollo posted:PS now is the time to buy an airplane, before their values go up significantly because of the returning market, I hope. This looks like something one says before a series of terrible decisions.
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hobbesmaster posted:This looks like something one says before a series of terrible decisions. It could be argued that "I think I'll be/become a pilot" was the lynch pin that started it all
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Tide posted:It could be argued that "I think I'll be/become a pilot" was the lynch pin that started it all Bad decisions perhaps, but actually buying a plane raises that to terrible.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 19:05 |
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Did you call your representatives and senators?
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 21:22 |
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Yes however I realize that maybe not being eligible for a third class medical is actually a good thing at least financially...
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 21:24 |
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MrChips posted:KLIT is real, but I've yet to hear confirmation of the rumours about the existence of GSPOT...some say it's a final approach fix, while others claim it's an initial. WHO KNOWS? Nope, can't find it..... The Ferret King posted:They should totally establish it as a fix on an approach with a procedure turn. Then it could be both! AWSEFT fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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Tide posted:It could be argued that "I think I'll be/become a pilot" was the lynch pin that started it all Aviation Megathread | "Becoming a pilot was a terrible decision"
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 23:08 |
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KodiakRS posted:Aviation Megathread | "Becoming a pilot was a terrible decision" Where the dream/romance of flight comes to die?
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# ? Mar 4, 2015 00:05 |
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e.pilot posted:Where the dream/romance of flight comes to die? At the regionals?
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# ? Mar 4, 2015 00:17 |
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:I think he means "don't do it on the job." Which is a good lesson for pilots to learn from controllers. Thank you Buzz Killington.
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# ? Mar 4, 2015 00:42 |
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AWSEFT posted:At the regionals? During primary training?
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# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:03 |
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CBJSprague24 posted:During primary training? After you realise you could've done like 50 round the world trips for the cost of your training?
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# ? Mar 4, 2015 05:20 |
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brendanwor posted:After you realise you could've done like 50 round the world trips for the cost of your training? I became a pilot because I've never traveled. Now I can't afford to travel. God loving drat It.
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# ? Mar 4, 2015 21:29 |
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Compass interview is in just over a week. making GBS threads myself. Why did I set up my #1 choice as my first interview? I should have gone and interviewed with PSA or republic or something first as practice :/
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The Slaughter posted:Compass interview is in just over a week. making GBS threads myself. Why did I set up my #1 choice as my first interview? I should have gone and interviewed with PSA or republic or something first as practice :/ You're gonna kill it bro
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 01:35 |
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Signing up to get my ATP done in a month. No idea what I'm going to do with it, but it seems like a good thing to have.
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The Slaughter posted:Compass interview is in just over a week. making GBS threads myself. Why did I set up my #1 choice as my first interview? I should have gone and interviewed with PSA or republic or something first as practice :/ Don't you already work for a regional? Anyway don't sweat it, go find and read the gouges, it can't be any harder than the 4(!) hour interview I had with SKW.
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 09:46 |
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DL MD-88 off the runway at LGA. Plane wound up on a berm appearing to separate the airport from allowing Miracle II. No fire, sounds like minor injuries.
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The Slaughter posted:Compass interview is in just over a week. making GBS threads myself. Why did I set up my #1 choice as my first interview? I should have gone and interviewed with PSA or republic or something first as practice :/ Most regionals are hemorrhaging pilots fast enough that as long as you come across as reasonably competent during the interview, you've got a really good shot at getting hired. Case in point, my employer recently had to change their policies as to when to terminate new-hires, since we had a couple of people go past 100 hours of IOE (the average is 30-40), one of whom managed to activate the stick shaker twice on the same leg shortly after being released to fly the line.
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Butt Reactor posted:Don't you already work for a regional? Anyway don't sweat it, go find and read the gouges, it can't be any harder than the 4(!) hour interview I had with SKW. Nah, I'm still doing aerial survey. I've read the gouges, that's why I'm stressed. Since Compass used to have delta flow with no interview, they still do the full Delta interview deal with the insane written test, the cog test and the personality test (plus the HR panel). I've been practicing poo poo like "You're 100 nm from a storm, at 20,000 feet, you tilt the radar 1.5 degrees up, what is the thunderstorm top?" (60:1 rule means 1 nm at 60 nm, so 1.6nm at 100nm, 1.6nm x 6000 = roughly 10,000 ft, thunderstorm top is 30,000). Dunno about the rest of the ex-CFIs, but I've never been asked anything like that... so I'm a bit spooked I'm gonna forget these formulas and so on. 8.5 or 9x the sq rt of the tire pressure for the dynamic hydroplane speed... my head is swimming.
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 00:57 |
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Southwest Airlines pilot window opened today for 2 weeks. Bah.
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 04:59 |
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The Slaughter posted:Nah, I'm still doing aerial survey. I've read the gouges, that's why I'm stressed. Since Compass used to have delta flow with no interview, they still do the full Delta interview deal with the insane written test, the cog test and the personality test (plus the HR panel). I've been practicing poo poo like "You're 100 nm from a storm, at 20,000 feet, you tilt the radar 1.5 degrees up, what is the thunderstorm top?" (60:1 rule means 1 nm at 60 nm, so 1.6nm at 100nm, 1.6nm x 6000 = roughly 10,000 ft, thunderstorm top is 30,000). Dunno about the rest of the ex-CFIs, but I've never been asked anything like that... so I'm a bit spooked I'm gonna forget these formulas and so on. 8.5 or 9x the sq rt of the tire pressure for the dynamic hydroplane speed... my head is swimming. Realistic answer when middle of the night: "I haven't a clue but there is no way I'm going near that thing" or words to that effect
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People on CNN, Miles O'Brien excepted, are loving retarded. When discussing Harrison Ford's forced landing: "An engine out in a single-engine plane... is this something you train for?" Yes, probably more than any other abnormal situation... do some research, guys.
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PT6A posted:People on CNN, Miles O'Brien excepted, are loving retarded. When discussing Harrison Ford's forced landing: The viewers don't know that so the question is a setup to explain that to them. Or, since its CNN, they probably left out the explanation part.
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 17:19 |
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hobbesmaster posted:The viewers don't know that so the question is a setup to explain that to them. We train for spontaneous black holes as well.
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 17:31 |
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fordan posted:We train for spontaneous black holes as well. Practicing emergency black hole descents are the best.
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e.pilot posted:Practicing emergency black hole descents are the best. As long as you stay slower than 1.5 times the speed of light you're golden.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:As long as you stay slower than 1.5 times the speed of light you're golden. Yeah you've got to be careful, the FAA frowns on the breaking of the laws of physics below 10k AU.
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 19:14 |
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e.pilot posted:Yeah you've got to be careful, the FAA frowns on the breaking of the laws of physics below 10k AU. It can be catastrophic!
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 19:18 |
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I did kinda like the whole 'after his single engine failed, he had no choice but to conduct a crash landing!' thing though. No poo poo!
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 22:50 |
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I hate the phrase crash landing. I mean, have some faith in me if I lose the engine(s).
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# ? Mar 7, 2015 00:38 |
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There really should be some sort of sliding scale or color coded chart. Good Landing ---> A Landing ---> Uncomfortable Landing ---> Bumpy Landing ---> Rough Landing ---> Hard Landing ---> Ow My rear end ---> OH GOD MY SPINE ---> Crash Landing ---> I Think We Have a Prob[...[CVR ENDS]...] ---
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Bob A Feet posted:I hate the phrase crash landing. I mean, have some faith in me if I lose the engine(s). A crash landing is what I do on my couch after a night at the bar...not in an airplane after losing power.
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# ? Mar 7, 2015 03:44 |
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Uncommanded engine shutdown, leading to unintentional off-airport arrival.
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# ? Mar 7, 2015 05:11 |
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MrYenko posted:Uncommanded engine shutdown, leading to unscheduled off-airport arrival. fixed
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# ? Mar 7, 2015 06:53 |
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Duke Chin posted:There really should be some sort of sliding scale or color coded chart. Guys I'm concerned.
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Shim Howard posted:Guys I'm concerned. I'm that guy who always gets movie quotes slightly wrong.
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