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Oh hey knew thread From the last one: Bob A Feet posted:KHOU ATP 737
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Oct 8, 2023 15:37
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It’s hilarious instructing new navy/usmc flight students in primary flight training because you will have the guy that went to ERAU struggle to complete and end up with his last choice (often helicopters) and the guy that went to online university with 0 prior flight experience end up flying a fighter jet.
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Oct 11, 2023 03:54
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It’s a combo of your final scores, your choice, and the wants/needs of whatever service. Once you’ve started flight school, your past doesn’t precede you. I walk in to most flights with 0 idea who I’m flying with or what I’m doing. The student plans and briefs it all. I flew with an Auburn flight school grad recently who was flying approaches better than I can. He wanted jets. Good scores, great attitude, wanted jets, got jets. I flew with a Marine recently who wanted jets but didn’t fly so great and he ended up in helicopters. Sometimes you can want jets and have the scores but the follow-on training pipeline might be backed up so they put you somewhere else.
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Oct 11, 2023 13:27
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yellowD posted:That's gotta do wonders for recruiting Well, if you fail out of flight training you can either go drive a ship or be a grunt!
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Oct 12, 2023 04:58
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No clue, but I’d believe it. I think they’re widely regarded as the worst ship drivers in the service but I can hardly blame them. Take a 23 year old with no special training and give him a year long crash course of 18 hours of work with 4 hours of sleep is hardly the recipe for success. On the flip side, the usmc got me every thing but my ATP.
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Oct 12, 2023 16:48
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Arson Daily posted:Yo if we're talking about pilot gear it's new shoes time for me so what do yinz like for footwear that is https://us.ecco.com/ecco-mens-citytray-chelsea-boot-512804.html?dwvar_512804_color=01001#start=1 I have these and ariat roper boots. These are way more comfortable than the ropers. They’re pretty fashionable as well.
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Oct 28, 2023 15:43
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Arson Daily posted:Crud back to searching then poo poo, guess I won’t be buying more Ecco’s. That being said, I found the Chelsea style to fit better with slimmer pants and generally be more stylish and thus help me keep a grasp on my youth. The ropers just had such wide trunks around the ankles, which made them enormous.
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Oct 29, 2023 18:10
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So you’re the reason why I keep getting emails about butterknives through my company? Where’s that meme of the guy spreading cream cheese on a bagel with the crash ax?
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Nov 11, 2023 14:19
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I forget to pack them so I always end up going to an airport restaurant and taking some  I commute from an airport without KCM so my complaints have been tempered by having my poo poo scanned every time I leave home. Nothing like getting stuck behind five people on one of the new machines that flags my bag every time for no reason.
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Nov 11, 2023 20:54
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Well, the reality of being a first officer at a plucky, small, culturally rich Texas based air carrier has become slightly better. The new contract was almost completely rewritten and has patched in a lot of the open holes. I still have some skepticism about some parts of it but at this point, eh 🤷🏻
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Dec 21, 2023 16:18
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MrYenko posted:The internet chatter seems to be saying that it’s alternately the second coming of Labor or the worst thing that’s happened to SWA since they did away with FA miniskirts. Any details on what’s good and bad? Trying to live vicariously through people whose union actually gets them paid. Good: FO pay is roughly legacy 757 + 1%, first year pay is easily industry leading, disability is great, retirement. patched up some holes in scheduling, some positive reserve rule changes, training bidding, way better per diem, crew meals paid as money Bad: retro pay not 100%, CA pay is roughly 739 pay + 1% (they want more), Cobases for DFW, IAH, and ORD, some weak language in most sections, no strong hotel language (we have some lovely hotels in our system), no major overhaul to reserve rules (no LC basically). The emotion you see is from the crowd that was expecting 100% retro and captain pay to be higher. I honestly think some guys are so disillusioned that they lost a grounded reference to reality during the negotiations. They’re a very vocal and emotional group. I’m prob a yes because it solves every problem I’ve had and what affect the pilot group mostly. I think it’ll pass but prob with a slim margin.
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Dec 21, 2023 19:09
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It will be $116.41 per TFP, which is our wacky pay system that pays distance instead of time (roughly and in most cases). The generally accepted hourly conversion is that it is 15% less than what an hourly rate would be. So final answer is $116.41 x 1.149 = 133.75 an hour, roughly.
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Dec 21, 2023 20:29
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1W1ml-uRT0 Didn’t she die? edit, turns out if I pressed play that video covers it very clearly lol Edit 2- holy poo poo I can’t believe she posted that. Can’t believe I share the skies with people like this, holy gently caress. Bob A Feet fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Jan 12, 2024 |
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Jan 12, 2024 03:28
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That is so cool!!! There was a goon here who was an approach controller in Corpus Christi who asked me if I had stairs in my house while flying, over approach. Trying to explain that to the guy I was flying with was fun.
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Jan 13, 2024 23:40
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Kwolok posted:How in the heck does that kind of discussion even organically happen over VHF We had talked itt about him working there and my navy squadrons callsign. I mentioned I was doing a flight the next day with a specific callsign and he happened to be working. Still doesn’t negate the weirdness of the question. It may have been ferret king too I’m not sure. It was prob ten years ago.
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Jan 14, 2024 10:54
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I drink coffee from the plane. Haven’t died yet!
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Jan 24, 2024 18:58
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Kesper North posted:Do we know if they're still on flight status or did their keys get taken away? I’m pretty sure it was some light peepee slapping but nobodies careers or flying was hurt due to it. Chances are those guys are shuttling airliners around the country as we speak.
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Feb 16, 2024 15:28
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Rolo posted:This is my first month holding a line and now I don’t wanna do anything else the rest of my life. Amen brother. Coming from the military, it’s almost still inconceivable that I am completely free when I walk off the jet bridge. I don’t know how some people are always angry or stressed at work. This job is the best. I get to do all my favorite things every day at work: drink coffee, read a book, work out, fly an airplane. I spend every moment of an overnight I can by myself. I love hanging out with the crew but I alone can recharge my batteries and give every moment back to my kids once I’m home (and let my wife relax a bit).
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Mar 8, 2024 03:31
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A non-smooth landing doesn’t mean your landing isn’t safe, either. You could make the smoothest landing in the world but if you’re beyond the touchdown zone or off centerline you could kill yourself.
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Apr 16, 2024 18:05
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Rolo posted:Just until early tomorrow. Went to El Gordo for Al pastor lunch tacos, about to go to underbelly for dinner ramen. Bro, it’s hard to beat little Italy for some good eats. That’s one of the best places in the country. Check out the midway or the aviation museum if you find yourself there again. God bless San Diego, what a great loving place
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Apr 20, 2024 23:32
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Is it MCI that has a bunch of old airliners rotting on the ramp? Lots of old liveries as you taxi by. I enjoy the same thing.
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Apr 27, 2024 00:55
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