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Well poo poo now I feel like I just read WebMD and have every symptom in the book. I'm usually fine throughout most of the day, but I tend to get pretty tired late afternoon, however, that's my 'window' if I don't nap in the afternoon once the sun goes down I'm wired and can stay awake all night no issue.
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My new cpap machine actually has a CDMA module in it that automatically uploads my usage stats to my doctor. Not even wifi, it does it via cell no matter where I am. Kind of cool.
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Nov 21, 2013 00:57
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Sent my first student on his stage check today and he passed. It feels like you're on a check ride
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Nov 21, 2013 02:07
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Stealing this from the AI thread. Dreamlifter accidentally landed at the wrong airport last night and is preparing to depart.Fayez Butts posted:If you guys want to watch the takeoff live, it's happening here: http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/boeing-dreamlifter-lands-at-jabara/-/21054266/23081256/-/oma90hz/-/index.html.
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Nov 21, 2013 19:39
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Will plane take off? (Probably) Edit: Well the Dreamlifter succeeded with what looks like a good margin for takeoff. Yay!
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Nov 21, 2013 20:15
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It looked to go very smoothly. Go go flaps 40.
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Nov 21, 2013 20:17
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Does anyone know if Southwest has FAA approval yet for electronic devices in all phases of flight? I'm flying them next week for thanksgiving and would like to have my camera handy.
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Nov 21, 2013 20:43
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Rickety Cricket posted:Does anyone know if Southwest has FAA approval yet for electronic devices in all phases of flight? I'm flying them next week for thanksgiving and would like to have my camera handy. Not only that, they are the only carrier with WiFi in all phases.
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Nov 21, 2013 21:07
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Yeah I rode on them yesterday and it was terrific, gate to gate wifi w/ free directv. That said, the gate to gate wifi thing instead of having to wait to 10,000 ft is lessened a little bit by them not letting you use laptops until 10,000 ft. In my experience, Row44 based systems like Southwest's also seems faster than GoGo usually, although that's purely anecdotal.
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Nov 21, 2013 22:34
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The Slaughter posted:Yeah I rode on them yesterday and it was terrific, gate to gate wifi w/ free directv. That said, the gate to gate wifi thing instead of having to wait to 10,000 ft is lessened a little bit by them not letting you use laptops until 10,000 ft. In my experience, Row44 based systems like Southwest's also seems faster than GoGo usually, although that's purely anecdotal. How does their Directv work? Pay for the internet and they throw in the channels they have on your device? I'd heard they only had like 6 channels.
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Nov 22, 2013 00:47
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So I my second attempts at landings today (8-15th landings I'd guess). I did them perfectly! Hooray! Soon I'll solo!
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Nov 22, 2013 01:24
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Flew in the back over to Amsterdam on US Airways this weekend and it was fun listening to the flight attendants trying to figure out how to express what the new electronics rules are, especially since they don't apply in Europe so had to do different speaches for takeoff and landing.
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Nov 22, 2013 01:28
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CBJSprague24 posted:How does their Directv work? Pay for the internet and they throw in the channels they have on your device? I'd heard they only had like 6 channels. No the directv works through the wifi, but it's separate from the internet package. You connect through the wifi to a walled garden which gives you the option of free tv, $5?(i think) internet, or $5 movies. Right now the TV thing is sponsored by Directv, so you sit through a 30 second ad and then it's entirely free, you don't need to buy anything. Yeah, they don't have that many channels, but you can usually find something to watch and there's VOD as well which is also free. Again, selection isn't amazing, but you can find something to watch. Yeah, the flight attendants on every airline I've been on since the switch are still struggling a bit with the verbiage and new scripts.
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Nov 22, 2013 01:43
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Great! Hope to get some nice pictures of
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Nov 22, 2013 03:47
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Indeed it is. The row44/hughesnet satellite poo poo. It's okay, it's pretty slow but they all are.
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Nov 22, 2013 04:00
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I flew Delta 3 weeks ago Tokyo-Minneapolis and we were allowed to use electronics during takeoff and landing, but then on the way back yesterday no go? What?
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brendanwor posted:I flew Delta 3 weeks ago Tokyo-Minneapolis and we were allowed to use electronics during takeoff and landing, but then on the way back yesterday no go? What? They weren't supposed to let you do that going over - they have FAA approval, not JAA. Flying the first week of November was interesting, the FAs were going through their script then correcting themselves on the mainline and trying to explain the difference between Delta and Delta Connection on the RJs. edit: not JAA but w/e same idea hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Nov 22, 2013 |
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Nov 22, 2013 04:25
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I'll survive the 90 minute flight without internet
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Rickety Cricket posted:I'll survive the 90 minute flight without internet I've paid for internet once. I was on a friend's buddy pass going to DAB and wound up changing at the last minute to MLB because there was no way in hell I was getting into DAB that day, so I had to get a rental car in a pinch. I paid $2.99 for half an hour. The most beautiful irony to this airplane geek was that I was using wireless internet on a DC-9. 
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Nov 22, 2013 05:57
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I've paid for it when I had work due that was time sensitive, otherwise I usually don't. It's good if you forgot to bring stuff to do on the flight.
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I would like to thank the rear end in a top hat pilot who seems to think my jumpseat is a right rather then a privilege. Just because you're pissed you didn't get the jump seat because a FAA inspector took it on FAA business. In short don't imply the inspector is just using the jumpseat to travel sans paying for a ticket. Every time I have seen our POIs travel for leisure or whatever else they were doing they had bought a ticket. Period. Inspectors will get fired for just cavorting about the country like their badge is some sort of pass travel. So thanks rear end in a top hat(skywest, expressjet, or whoever else has a black and gold uniform these days) for angering the inspector riding with me by asking if he is "stealing his seat to go see granny."
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Nov 22, 2013 13:49
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Thats hilariously hosed up. What a prick.
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Nov 22, 2013 14:10
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"stealing his seat" his seat?
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Nov 22, 2013 16:12
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Invoice him from the price of the aircraft and operational costs.
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Ferris Bueller posted:I would like to thank the rear end in a top hat pilot who seems to think my jumpseat is a right rather then a privilege. Just because you're pissed you didn't get the jump seat because a FAA inspector took it on FAA business. In short don't imply the inspector is just using the jumpseat to travel sans paying for a ticket. Every time I have seen our POIs travel for leisure or whatever else they were doing they had bought a ticket. Period. Inspectors will get fired for just cavorting about the country like their badge is some sort of pass travel. So thanks rear end in a top hat(skywest, expressjet, or whoever else has a black and gold uniform these days) for angering the inspector riding with me by asking if he is "stealing his seat to go see granny." That's seriously hosed up. Any way to get his info and report him to his airline's Jumpseat Rep? I was JS Chairman at two different airlines and we took abuse like that pretty seriously.
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How does this whole jumpseat thing work?
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New TA for ExpressJet was leaked. Not as horrible as Pinnacle and PSA, but there are some concessions. I'll be surprised if the pilot group votes to pass it, though. There's been a lot of warpaint being passed around since those two other regionals bent over.
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Nov 22, 2013 19:18
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I can't understand why in gods name pilots would vote to take concessions with this many mandatory retirements finally happening and the airlines actually being profitable.
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The Slaughter posted:I can't understand why in gods name pilots would vote to take concessions with this many mandatory retirements finally happening and the airlines actually being profitable. Aren't there a ton of idiots that would be willing to pay regionals to "build time"?
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Nov 22, 2013 22:09
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Thank god that's not legal in the US anymore.
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"If we don't pass this TA united won't give us any of the new RJ's and as they transition away fro 50 seaters we'll stagnate and shrink! If we don't pass it we're all DOOOMED!" This TA will pass. Over the next few weeks well hear a lot of people talking about voting no, yet it'll still pass with 60-70% voting yes.
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Nov 23, 2013 01:41
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Interesting article... I especially like the first video. http://www.flight.org/blog/2012/04/22/gear-up-landings-and-pilot-error/
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The Slaughter posted:Interesting article... I especially like the first video. Lol airbus pilots I was so proud of myself for counting the number of white team passes then felt like a dumbass when I realized I missed the bear, haha. From the outside looking in/in hindsight/armchair piloting/monday morning quarterbacking it's amazing to hear the gear horn going off and the pilot is just chatting away up front. But mistakes happen, as the Atlas Air guys just proved, so I prefer not to cast stones.
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No spoilers. Yeah I went back to watch it again and it's so easy to see... if you're looking for it. Educational, certainly.
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Nov 24, 2013 03:54
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That clip is in one of our ATC training modules and I fell for it the first time too.
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Also the Flying Tiger 66 thing... I want to root for them so bad, especially when the captain says "If you're uncomfortable, if we don't break out, we'll go missed." 
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Here's an update to that Canadian Cessna that crashed at Nashville without anyone noticing:quote:Pilot in Nashville plane crash listed Taylor Swift as next of kin, circled airport for hours
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Protip: If you think you might have accidentally violated class bravo, don't fly ten minutes south, and then check on requesting flight following. We're probably already staring at your target, wondering who you are. Pilot  : "Skylane 123AB, fifteen south of wemadeanoopsie, requesting VFR flight following."Controller  : "Squawk 1234, confirm callsign is N123AB?": "Affirmative.": "Skylane 123AB, you may have been involved in a pilot deviation, upon landing, please call 123-555-1234.":  Poor guy was in an obviously good mood, too, flying around on a Saturday. 
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MrYenko posted:Protip: If you think you might have accidentally violated class bravo, don't fly ten minutes south, and then check on requesting flight following. We're probably already staring at your target, wondering who you are. What usually happens in cases like that?
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Anything from an uncomfortable phone call to FAA certificate action. It depends on the FSDO, a little bit on the controller, and a lot on whether or not the guy was smart enough to call a lawyer first.
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