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KodiakRS posted:Is 1337 speak still considered "cool" because I got this yesterday: I'm at maximum BRT over here.
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In some of the video of AS1288 losing its landing gear the other day someone’s iPhone alarm is going the entire time. It is by far the most anxiety inducing part of the whole situation to me
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:In some of the video of AS1288 losing its landing gear the other day someone’s iPhone alarm is going the entire time. It is by far the most anxiety inducing part of the whole situation to me It doesn’t even go off after the accident. It’s going through the seemingly normal landing part of it. I have no idea what the heck.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:In some of the video of AS1288 losing its landing gear the other day someone’s iPhone alarm is going the entire time. It is by far the most anxiety inducing part of the whole situation to me https://twitter.com/ahfahad/status/1693707418604118078
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Aug 22, 2023 21:25
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Why are there sparks outside 
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Aug 22, 2023 21:48
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Should they be inside?
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So I met with my neurologist, I’m on propranolol, and I will be off of the other verboten drugs I’m on (Klonopin and gabapentin) probably by end of October. He’s fully onboard with helping me with whatever I need to go for the PPL. If all goes to plan, the 90 day period I need to be clear of them should be end of January, early February. Should I wait a few more months to start any kind of flight school to be sure I have a better than average chance of passing the medical or should I start now? I’m already well over halfway through Sportys but that’s pretty easy stuff. I should probably start with an AME consult right?
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Aug 23, 2023 01:53
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Based on my experience with being on the lowest dose of one anti-anxiety medication for something completely unrelated, for a year, I would expect your local AME to not be able to issue the certificate, and that it will have to come from Oklahoma with lots of hoop-jumping and supporting documents, after about 4 months. Just be prepared to be patient if you really want that third class. gently caress this broken system.
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Douchebag posted:So I met with my neurologist, I’m on propranolol, and I will be off of the other verboten drugs I’m on (Klonopin and gabapentin) probably by end of October. He’s fully onboard with helping me with whatever I need to go for the PPL. You might be better off talking to these guys https://clearapproach.mayoclinic.org/Public/Index.aspx
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I would definitely secure a medical (or decide on going with basicmed) before proceeding with any more flight training.
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Thanks, appreciate the advice. I think I’m ok with basic med. I have no ambition to go commercial, just want to learn and maybe one day own a small one I can take on short trips.
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Still need to have held a medical before you can be on basicmed
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yellowD posted:Still need to have held a medical before you can be on basicmed Good to know, thanks. Gonna hold off until early to mid next year then do a consult and go from there.
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Went an forwarded advice about ATP to my uncle, thanks!
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sleepy gary posted:Why are there sparks outside I would venture to say that most passenger flights are not known to have sparks outside, so it's a pretty reasonable question considering.
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Fire, either inside or outside, the airplane is one of the few things that gives me existential fear about commercial air travel. And that is given my reasonable understanding about how the industry works. Sparks outside are absolute cause for pants-making GBS threads adjacent concern.
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vessbot posted:I would venture to say that most passenger flights are not known to have sparks outside, so it's a pretty reasonable question considering. Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point. I know. It was more the way he said it that made me laugh.
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Beef Of Ages posted:Fire, either inside or outside, the airplane is one of the few things that gives me existential fear about commercial air travel. And that is given my reasonable understanding about how the industry works. Sparks outside are absolute cause for pants-making GBS threads adjacent concern. some fire inside the airplane is important to make it go
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I work for an airline and was commuting one time when something went and we could smell fuel in the cabin. We had to turn around & I’ve never been more internally terrified in my life of some kind of spark. The elite next to me was bitching that we better get compensation
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Sagebrush posted:some fire inside the airplane is important to make it go My airplane is driven by blockchain technology actually
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If the OP ever gets updated, I'm a class 2 instructor now! 
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azflyboy posted:ATP is credible, but it's absolutely a case of "you get what you put into it", since their interest is just churning people through as fast as possible. University flight programs will get you your private on the GI Bill, but you must be enrolled with the intent to get the rest of the ratings as well. Thinking is if they're going to pay for it, you have to want to do something with it.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:The elite next to me was bitching that we better get compensation Well, that’s fair isn’t it? The status quo is that maintenance delays or cancellations, or even worse an in-air incident, is eligible for voucher / refund. At least as I understand it. The suckers who never ask may end up without that compensation, unless required by law. Though I imagine these days airlines have an auto voucher system for passenger manifests on these flights.
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Inner Light posted:Well, that’s fair isn’t it? The status quo is that maintenance delays or cancellations, or even worse an in-air incident, is eligible for voucher / refund. At least as I understand it. Speaking of this, Jesus, are the big airline trip report vloggers getting bad. It used to be Noel Phillips was good for "random airline in third-world country in the back of the bus" but now typically can't be bothered to sit in anything less than a lie-flat, though at least he did the United Island Hopper in coach. Meanwhile, Jeb Brooks does trip reports about America's WORST airline
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Inner Light posted:Well, that’s fair isn’t it? The status quo is that maintenance delays or cancellations, or even worse an in-air incident, is eligible for voucher / refund. At least as I understand it. Oh I’m not saying it wasn’t fair, just that the immediate concern being compensation and not a single spark burning us all to death in the air within a max of like 15 minutes didn’t register at all for this person
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You'll smell Jet fuel way (way!) before it's concentrated enough to catch fire. A minor splash on your shoe will stink up a room to near unbearable levels.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:You'll smell Jet fuel way (way!) before it's concentrated enough to catch fire. A minor splash on your shoe will stink up a room to near unbearable levels.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:You'll smell Jet fuel way (way!) before it's concentrated enough to catch fire. A minor splash on your shoe will stink up a room to near unbearable levels. My club took delivery of a leaseback DA40NG and on day one started storing the fuel tester in the front seat pocket. So ya, that airplane will forever smell like jet fuel.
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wolrah posted:Isn't jet fuel also on the low end of the "wants to explode" spectrum in the same general area as diesel where it needs some convincing to go kaboom, compared to gasoline which is happy to ignite at the first hint of a spark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10C7FSbE&t=114s
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wolrah posted:Isn't jet fuel also on the low end of the "wants to explode" spectrum in the same general area as diesel where it needs some convincing to go kaboom, compared to gasoline which is happy to ignite at the first hint of a spark? Jet A is basically just kerosene.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:Oh I’m not saying it wasn’t fair, just that the immediate concern being compensation and not a single spark burning us all to death in the air within a max of like 15 minutes didn’t register at all for this person Delta should’ve never retired the DC-9-50 so new frequent fliers can learn that weird, extremely loud noises, severe vibrations and burning smells are normal and fine.
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Fair enough. It was concerning enough to the pilots that we did have to get checked out by the fire department when we landed before they'd even let us approach the gate.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:You'll smell Jet fuel way (way!) before it's concentrated enough to catch fire. A minor splash on your shoe will stink up a room to near unbearable levels. depending on the jet, if you forget to turn the packs off during the engine start you get a lovely jet fuel smell throughout the cabin too
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hobbesmaster posted:Delta should’ve never retired the DC-9-50 so new frequent fliers can learn that weird, extremely loud noises, severe vibrations and burning smells are normal and fine. I can’t hear you over the 400hz whine.
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MrYenko posted:I can’t hear you over the 400hz whine. And the auxiliary hydraulic whatever. And of course the engines. Shouldn’t the burning rubber smell have gone away by now?
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hobbesmaster posted:Delta should’ve never retired the DC-9-50 so new frequent fliers can learn that weird, extremely loud noises, severe vibrations and burning smells are normal and fine. The smell of hot grease is a feature, not a bug.
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MrYenko posted:I can’t hear you over the 400hz whine. I can’t hear either over the tinnitus of being in the back most row of AA mad dogs and 727s during my childhood. So many NRSA standby flights in the back thanks to my grandfathers benefits
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Know what's wild? I'm leaving for a 3 day tomorrow then I'm done with short call commuting already. September is long call and October I transfer to my home base. drat I got lucky, I even got the trip I asked for so I'm not sitting at the JFK Hilton for 5 days on my own coin again. Anyways, I'm actually posting to talk about food. At the end of my first month on the road I'm realizing how much money I'm spending on grub, especially now that a DoorDash fast food meal is guaranteed to be at least 25 bucks and restaurants aren't cheaper. I pack snacks that help but I'm thinking about getting a crew travel cooler to throw a couple meal prep meals in. I know flight attendants that do this but I was wondering if any of you goons do the same.
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Rolo posted:Know what's wild? I'm leaving for a 3 day tomorrow then I'm done with short call commuting already. September is long call and October I transfer to my home base. drat I got lucky, I even got the trip I asked for so I'm not sitting at the JFK Hilton for 5 days on my own coin again. When I was a poor regional FO, I packed sandwiches. I could fit 4 days worth of sandwiches in this thing along with one of these that I would refill with ice in the morning before leaving the hotel. It's not glamorous but I flew with a lot of captains who complained about how how much they were spending on food and having to go into the terminal to get some while I had my cooler behind me and could easily grab a sandwich at any point as long as we didn't have a jumpseater.
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