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The Slaughter posted:Okay xaarman sorry, I'll leave the speculation elsewhere. All good. The reality is being a professional Pilot at the higher echelons is nearly an unbeatable good deal. There are very few jobs in the world that will pay 150k+/year for working 12 days a month. If we all get furloughed, short of walking into another Pilot job, odds are we aren't going to be able to match pay and/or lifestyle until we're recalled. That being said, Pilots sell themselves short. We forget that they are in a position of trust, are highly educated, and can follow Standard Operating Procedures to the T. We have been in charge of other people & expensive assets. We can work long hours, and get along with nearly everybody. I think someone posted you were going for an ASI position. Well, you're gonna be competing with a lot of your brethren, but if you venture outside the Aviation bubble, you'll find you are *by far* competitive for almost any other job. You just gotta decide on what to do : ) I'm debating picking up a trade, I can't think of anything more useful and always in demand. Or healthcare. Or a government job. Either or, we'll see what happens.
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Exactly. Even at the regional level, I still make good money working maybe 15 days a month, which isn't too bad. If my airline job goes away, I'd have to move, since the only non-flying jobs here are all fast food, or $12/hr working at call centers or for various MLM's. If I wanted to move to Seattle, I could transfer to the E-175, probably work fewer days, but spend 50% more on living expenses and be depressed all the time, so I'll just stick with my 20 minute commute for now.
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Yeah, good ideas. I'm definitely open to non aviation, it's just tough to figure out what - being in Seattle I've been looking thru the Amazon jobs and there's a few Prime Air-related jobs I applied for. One of my classmates heard back on the ASI gig, but I haven't heard anything yet although I'm sure they're flooded with apps. I figured I would be a little more in line for it compared to random people off the street - I've worked with the feds quite a bit before, worked with the NTSB as a SME, LCA work although it wasn't for that long but still, and being on an ASAP ERC with the FAA. I'll be curious to see if they get back to me. One of my classmates is in the process though, but he was an ACP at a regional and they may value that experience a little higher. It also turns out I have a pretty high up good contact at Atlas I didn't know about, and he says he can probably help later in the year - things are slowing down right now once they're done with the Compass guys. Right now I think it's best not to leave any stone uncovered. I even threw in an app with Envoy, tbh. I'd go fly the 175 again for shits and giggles even if it was a massive pay cut and commuting to reserve.
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xaarman posted:can follow Standard Operating Procedures to the T. Hahaaaaaaaaaaa. Maybe at your airline friendo.
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KodiakRS posted:Reminds me of this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VCV_z52GU I seem to remember hearing they picked the -8 over the 777 because the latter couldn't do the amount of Premium seats they wanted, so they went back to the 747.
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Rolo posted:I’m pretty sure I’ve had nightmares about being an instructor that has to sit in the back. Just checked and I still LOL IRL when I read this, FYI.
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quote:SkyWest  KodiakRS posted:Of course. Everyone knows that the cockroaches will survive the apocalypse. Those are the 175 guys who think they're hot poo poo flying between hub cities, and forgot that we CRJ dudes do some actually challenging mountain and EAS flying. I partially blame Embry-Retarded and U N Don't for giving us FOs with too much ego and not enough aptitude/humility for some of the stuff we do. azflyboy posted:That doesn't apply to regionals, especially the ones that don't own their airplanes. Just remember not all of us at the Mormon Air Force are anti union  ers (although most of the western domiciled pilots are). We got a facebook group for a future possible ALPA drive, and we've had a few union drives in the past. It's just that every time we move forward organizing, management somehow pulls out a massive war chest full of nazi gold to defeat a vote. Lot of our guys who have moved on have said life's better at a union carrier. Anyways, life's about to get shittier for all you commuters out there, United is capping flights at 70% (unless every seat is sold as per: https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-employee-travel-distancing/) while Delta and AA have capped around a similar percentage as well.
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Yeah, we get pos space til 6/31 for commuting but I only have one flight option a day on UA and it’s SEA SFO LAX. Hoping Alaska doesn’t kick off jumpseaters for social distancing reasons any time soon. I dequal anyway on 6/13 tho and they’ve said they won’t waste the money on landings classes for people they don’t see being here after Oct 1, so there’s that at least.
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May 18, 2020 19:02
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Finally scheduled my PPL written, so no more excuses 
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May 18, 2020 19:39
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Mao Zedong Thot posted:Finally scheduled my PPL written, so no more excuses gently caress thats where I’m at too, except for the scheduled part. 
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May 18, 2020 19:40
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In the time before coronavirus, we had a months-long backlog of people waiting to get checkrides. Those were the days.
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The Slaughter posted:Yeah, we get pos space til 6/31 for commuting but I only have one flight option a day on UA and it’s SEA SFO LAX. Hoping Alaska doesn’t kick off jumpseaters for social distancing reasons any time soon. I dequal anyway on 6/13 tho and they’ve said they won’t waste the money on landings classes for people they don’t see being here after Oct 1, so there’s that at least. Alaska hasn't done anything with the jumpseat policies (not sure about the whole mask thing), so unless the captains or gate agents are being dicks, you should be able to get on.
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It was my understanding they limited the authorized/avail seats... my buddy sent "Effective April 13 – June 30: To keep our guests and employees safe, we will be blocking seats and limiting the number of guests on board each flight. For an accurate count of seats available for non-rev travel, click on the “Show Details” button and refer to the “Auth Open” column." I haven't actually seen one that's at the limiting number yet, but can see it happening in June for sure. Question is, can gate agents/crew override that? The E175s are actually pretty limited.
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Oh, I thought you were talking about restrictions on the jumpseat itself. Yeah, what you were sent is correct, but the flight deck jump seat should still be accessible, and the loads are light enough now that it should still work.
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Why are jumpseats and the rules around them still a thing when planes are half empty? I've been wondering why airlines don't do this my entire life: wsj posted:Forget about the perks of priority boarding at Air France. The carrier is one of several boarding passengers seated at the back of the aircraft first, to limit traffic jams in the aisle. Many airlines are removing in-flight magazines, scrapping meal services on shorter routes, and parking the duty-free cart. And to the surprise of nobody the top priority of the airlines now seems to be ducking liability after cashing those sweet sweet bailout checks. quote:Some of the biggest changes airlines envision are the result of what executives expect will be months, maybe years, of lower demand: They see fewer direct flights, for instance, which means more dreaded stopovers. Are the airlines going to partner with Cigna to get access to all your medical records? Or will they just demand a piece of paper from a certified corporate partner provider that says you recovered? Who knows? Stay tuned to find out! Unrelated chart 
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May 19, 2020 12:32
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Pretty much everyone is saying that immunity passports are a horrible, horrible idea, so I have no doubt the United States will begin implementing such a system ASAP.
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I don't know, getting regular COVID tests seems to have become a status symbol for millionaires judging by how often they are bragging about it on my social media. I can totally see them wanting to be the first to get the immunity passports to brag about that too while the poors are still being forced to stay home. Anything exclusive is a big hit when it comes to travel. It doesn't even need to be a perk, just exclude others and people will love it.
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I know this is the false rebound between the first wave and second wave. But hey, cancellations are trending down and bookings are trending up! Also I'm gonna go ahead and plug the mil reservist pilot life because I've basically halved my workload and doubled my salary throughout this entire slowdown. Considering doing a part time MBA or something with all this free time.
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Rekinom posted:Also I'm gonna go ahead and plug the mil reservist pilot life because I've basically halved my workload and doubled my salary throughout this entire slowdown. Same but cargo
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This may be a stupid question, but I pull up FlightAware Live whenever I hear something low over my house out of curiosity. One that I heard today was this https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N87RB/history/20200519/1630Z/KBDR/KBDR Not much about the company online, looks like they own 2 private jets and charter them. Is a short flight like this just because business is slow and they want to keep planes running instead of sitting, a check after maintenance,
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May 19, 2020 22:53
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Probably a maintenance check of some sort.
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May 19, 2020 23:07
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We’ve got the all-clear to resume training on June 1st, so I’m cautiously optimistic!
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Rekinom posted:I know this is the false rebound between the first wave and second wave. But hey, cancellations are trending down and bookings are trending up! Started e-mailing ANG units today about openings. Have wanted to do it for a few years now, seems like this is the best time to do it.
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ANG just seems like such a good life. Fly some Hercs around, chill with the bro’s, go get tax free in Afghanistan for a few months. What a life.
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 I just passed the Advanced Ground Instructor with a 94%. Many thanks to our lord and savior Sheppard Air. Now on to the IGI with Sheppard Air. After I complete both writtens, I will schedule a time with the FSDO, submit an IACRA, and get some new cred.
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If it’s anything like when I took it 7 or so years ago, the IGI is almost identical to the instrument written. I took it immediately after and passed without extra studying. Cheers on the AGI pass  I think the only written I’ve ever truly hated was the ATP. Too big of a question bank, airplane specific performance charts and too much “this is wrong but put it anyways” memorization. Good riddance.
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I'm actually looking into taking the ATP-CTP ......anybody got a lead on that?
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Captain Apollo posted:I'm actually looking into taking the ATP-CTP ......anybody got a lead on that? The test or the actual 10 hours of sim time?
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The ATP CTP is an expensive summer camp for pilots. If you’ve never been in a jet environment it’s a good way to pick up some fundamentals. I had 2 other pilots in my class, one of which had a very hard time and kept beating himself up. He still got his certificate. They’re not expecting you to pass an oral or a check ride so if you try to relax and enjoy it you will. I did mine after already having a few PIC types and working at FlightSafety so the sim portion was mostly us messing around. I was in the EMB145 and we spent about an hour in Rio seeing how close we could get to the Jesus statue, landing on bridges, putting gondolas through the engines, etc.
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GWBBQ posted:This may be a stupid question, but I pull up FlightAware Live whenever I hear something low over my house out of curiosity. One that I heard today was this Altitude and speed says it's stall checks. Probably replaced a winglet or something.
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https://samchui.com/2020/05/21/swift-air-b737-lands-with-tail-parts-missing/#.XsdhTmhKgUE How the hell
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The Slaughter posted:https://samchui.com/2020/05/21/swift-air-b737-lands-with-tail-parts-missing/#.XsdhTmhKgUE looks like the front fell off.
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The Slaughter posted:https://samchui.com/2020/05/21/swift-air-b737-lands-with-tail-parts-missing/#.XsdhTmhKgUE Bird strike maybe? I’d imagine that’s not a structural piece so other than a fuel burn penalty it’d be perfectly safe to operate.
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Since it seems to have just come out of storage, I'd bet that someone didn't secure an access panel or something when it got put back into service, and it just took that entire fairing with it when the air loads got high enough.
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If anything they're lucky it came off cleanly instead of clinging to life, flailing around, and beating the poo poo out of the empennage.
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May 22, 2020 11:40
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Sure Wish I'd Finished Tightening!
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I have seen several flights like this over the last week or so. What are they doing? Some sort of autopilot calibration? Aerial photography?
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It’s an aerial survey of some type or another. https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/interesting-patterns-on-flightradar24/
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