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Animal posted:I flew Amazon One on it’s very first flight out of Seattle after it’s christening ceremony with Jeff Bezos. It was dripping water on me from the overhead panels. Bruh I had a brand new MAX 8 do that to me the first time I flew one. I think Boeing just designs them to leak on you for some reason.
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# ? May 16, 2020 19:18 |
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 12:55 |
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It's either drip on the pilots or the avionics and we know which one's cheaper to replace.
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# ? May 16, 2020 21:38 |
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Animal posted:don’t worry soon enough we’ll pick those 777’s from the desert, convert them, and put them to good use flying rubber dog poo poo and dildos out of China for DHL and Amazon. As an aside but has anyone even done a 777 P2F conversion yet? I can't seem to recall any. But I'm guessing there's gonna be both a huge market and ready supply of aircraft soon.
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# ? May 16, 2020 22:10 |
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MrChips posted:As an aside but has anyone even done a 777 P2F conversion yet? I can't seem to recall any. But I'm guessing there's gonna be both a huge market and ready supply of aircraft soon. I found this article: https://www.flightglobal.com/mro/gecas-and-iai-launch-777-300er-cargo-conversion/134817.article https://www.iai.co.il/p/777-300ersf Website claims 2022 introduction to service.
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# ? May 16, 2020 22:46 |
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I'm going to start throwing my resume out since I'm expecting to be furloughed at some point. I'm updating my hours, but what hours do recruiters like to see on a resume now that I have my ATP and a type rating? Another question: under my current job as a 121 FO, should I actually list out my duties or is it widely accepted that an FO at one airline probably does the same poo poo as an FO at any other airline? I've been at my current airline for less than 6mo so the seniority feels meaningless right now so if I can get on somewhere else, I'm probably not going to bother accepting a recall. I'm looking primarily at home based jobs, looks like Atlas, XO Jet, Omni, Kalitta, and Netjets are on that list. Any input from the Atlas guys around here? Worth looking at? I see Omni is hiring right now too but from what I heard, it's really tough to get in there unless you already have international heavy jet experience.
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# ? May 17, 2020 00:11 |
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two_beer_bishes posted:Any input from the Atlas guys around here? Worth looking at? Worth looking at as in, is it possible to get in, or if it’s a decent job? It’s a kickass job with a lovely contract and literal rattlesnakes running the company. Right now you apply everywhere and be happy for whatever you can get. You will be competing with dudes who would have been shoe-ins for Delta and United just a few months ago.
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# ? May 17, 2020 00:19 |
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I took a salaried gig as assistant chief pilot at a flight school rather than hurry to the airlines I swear I didn’t see this coming
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# ? May 17, 2020 00:24 |
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The recruiters at allegiant liked my logs. I was worried it was going to be my biggest negative so I organized and compartmentalized them as well as I could. I had everything together in a big binder. My 2 paper logs had their own totals at the end, the 3-ring section was a monthly print out of my duty logs from the last 4 years with my signature on each page. The last pages were copies of my FlightSafety training records and printed logs of my Level D sim time (because I have a bajillion hours and some people like that.) What they really liked was an updated summary page on top of everything. On that was non-rounded: Flight Dual Given PIC Multi Multi Turbojet Multi Turbojet PIC They gave me a compliment on my records being easy to navigate and we moved right on. Edit: at the very least I’d say to look at a gouge and their list of required times, make sure you don’t leave any of those numbers out of plain sight. Rolo fucked around with this message at 00:29 on May 17, 2020 |
# ? May 17, 2020 00:27 |
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In aviation you win some crises you lose some. 2008-2012 I drifted around did the pilots equivalent of sucking dick for food. This time around I’m as I read facebook messages asking for a reference from dudes who at one point in the past told me my airline was beneath them.
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# ? May 17, 2020 00:28 |
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My flight school Chief just told me they need to hire 17 new instructors to meet their demand without losing anyone. They couldn’t keep a CFI to save their lives 2 months ago. As,Aries advanced flight instructor position?? No way. Now? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaahha
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# ? May 17, 2020 00:39 |
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Animal posted:Worth looking at as in, is it possible to get in, or if it’s a decent job? Animal posted:I’m as I read facebook messages asking for a reference from dudes who at one point in the past told me my airline was beneath them.
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# ? May 17, 2020 00:52 |
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I like the act of instructing but I will never. Ever. Do it again while my finances depend on it. I will leave aviation if the cards end up being that lovely.
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# ? May 17, 2020 01:15 |
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Ha I said the same thing about ever flying part 135 again but here I am testing the waters to see if I could go back to either of my poo poo-rear end previous air ambulance jobs
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# ? May 17, 2020 01:50 |
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Rolo posted:I like the act of instructing but I will never. Ever. Do it again while my finances depend on it. Instructing as a hobby job owns.
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# ? May 17, 2020 02:55 |
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I really liked teaching primary and IFR. Teaching Vmc in multi was not relaxing and I hated it but yeah. It’s definitely my retirement plan. Having rent become a problem because it rains for week or whatever is poo poo though.
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# ? May 17, 2020 03:32 |
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Captain Apollo posted:My flight school Chief just told me they need to hire 17 new instructors to meet their demand without losing anyone. We had two guys who were within weeks of going to Wisconsin before the Rona hit. Meanwhile, one of our guys who went (Blue) Streakin' last summer messaged me last week offering to help with anything the flight school might need because his hours have been cut.
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# ? May 17, 2020 04:33 |
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xaarman posted:My thoughts: you either have anxiety issues, can't handle a volatile industry, and/or want other people to validate your freak out. Wha? I don't follow, man. I'm just bored AF not flying on reserve, I'm not "freaking out". Yeah, I'll be unemployed Oct 1, but eventually I'll get recalled. I just have no idea what I'm going to do in the meantime, I doubt it'll be a flying job for a bit. Sometimes it be like dat. The Boeing CEO came out and said the same thing but without speculating. And he got poo poo on, but I don't know that he was wrong. Why do you think UA is hosed the most? UA def got hit first with the loss of the Asia flying, but Asia is more used to pandemics and has seemingly handled it the best and they're up and humming. 4 flights to China come back in June I believe (and right now flying a shitload of cargo only over there, but that's temporary). Hawaiian has ~226 days of cash on hand right now, and David Ige just extended the Hawaii tourism restriction thru June 30th. They've also got a weird mix of flying that's mostly tourism dependent, between flights to the mainland and Asia. I assume their interisland stuff is doing a little better and will recover quickest. If anybody deserves aid most it's probably them since government restrictions are making it very hard for them to do any kind of business. https://thepointsguy.com/news/us-airlines-cash-reserves-coronavirus/ These were the pre-cares act #s though. Ultimately, some of the airlines will come out of this with more debt than others, and I think we're going to see another round of consolidation and mergers. Not looking for any pilot group to get screwed over, ultimately any airline that fails isn't going to cease to exist overnight, just be forced to go into BK court. The Slaughter fucked around with this message at 05:16 on May 17, 2020 |
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That doesn't apply to regionals, especially the ones that don't own their airplanes. I'd expect Skywest to survive (gotta have someone to whipsaw the union pilots against), but the regionals that aren't wholly owned could be in trouble, especially if scope ends up forcing them to park airplanes proportionally to mainline carriers doing so. I'm probably in decent shape (top 25% of the seniority list at a regional owned by a major with zero scope, and we're already taking their flying), but I'm still getting my resume and logbook updated and looking at not-flying jobs.
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# ? May 17, 2020 06:44 |
azflyboy posted:I'd expect Skywest to survive Of course. Everyone knows that the cockroaches will survive the apocalypse. (This applies better to Mesa but after hearing multiple OO pilots call themselves a "mainline regional" I can't help but give them some flak)
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# ? May 17, 2020 06:58 |
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Yeah. Skywest has a couple of E-175's that were obviously intended for us (or Embraer accidentally installed CATIII antennas and an extra jumpseat that doesn't match anything else Skywest has in their fleet), but they're basically Wal-Mart with jets at this point, so they aren't going anywhere. I know American has been unhappy with Mesa in the past, but since Amazon decided to give them 737's, they might manage to survive this to continue loving up after Covid-19 goes away.
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# ? May 17, 2020 07:08 |
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I still am not sure how I feel about regionals getting the CARES act funding. I feel like the structure should be different, since their pay is based on completed flights, not load factor. (See Skywest making a profit when everybody else lost, for example.)
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# ? May 17, 2020 08:00 |
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The Slaughter posted:Wha? I don't follow, man. I'm just bored AF not flying on reserve, I'm not "freaking out". Yeah, I'll be unemployed Oct 1, but eventually I'll get recalled. I just have no idea what I'm going to do in the meantime, I doubt it'll be a flying job for a bit. Sometimes it be like dat. I get you're bored and spending time on the internet makes even the most optimist a bit cynical. But the doom/gloom/hosed part of your posts aren't doing anyone here any favors. I can list 10 reasons why AA, DAL, and UAL are hosed... each one for different reasons. But this isn't the APC forums, and if you want to continue making yourself miserable, there are a lot of pilots over there who will happily answer your questions. I'm not being naive, there's a chance I'll be unemployed Oct 1st. I was going to move to Dallas, my wife was going to switch from a well paying corporate job she isn't crazy about to a dream job that pays significantly less, and we were going to do a bunch of international travel. Now, everything's on hold, she's sticking with her job and life is going to take a 1-3 year hiatus. As a line pilot, there's absolutely nothing I (or you) can do to improve the situation, so we're prepping for every contingency. That's the best we can do.
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# ? May 17, 2020 16:10 |
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I know both of you IRL. You’re both cool, so be cool.
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# ? May 17, 2020 17:10 |
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Heyoooo But I'd still say the same thing in real life.
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# ? May 17, 2020 17:14 |
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Flight school is reopening to individual rentals But not 1-on-1 instruction yet and I'm out of currency for their policies
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# ? May 17, 2020 17:15 |
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Can the instructor just sit in the back and poke you with a stick every time you do something wrong?
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# ? May 17, 2020 17:25 |
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Hmm, the policy does say that you just have to "fly with an instructor" to remain current, not that any instruction explicitly has to take place...
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# ? May 17, 2020 17:31 |
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I’m pretty sure I’ve had nightmares about being an instructor that has to sit in the back. No don’t pull the red one that’s the mixture nooooooo
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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. A friend of mine was at the airfield last year and noticed a newly licensed PPL, just a couple of flights post-checkride, having a lot of trouble starting his engine. It would chug, suddenly catch, roar to life at full power, then rapidly die. This happened six or seven times before my friend walked over to see what was going on. You can guess from the post I'm replying to what the pilot was doing. he had, incomprehensibly, confused the throttle and mixture, and was trying to start the plane with the throttle all the way in while pumping the mixture back and forth
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# ? May 17, 2020 18:26 |
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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. When I moved to Seattle, I did a couple of backseat flights for area familiarization because the airspace is wild Power on stalls from the backseat made me incredibly uncomfortable and there was a CFI up front to make sure nothing bad happened
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# ? May 17, 2020 18:42 |
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I fly in a tandem cockpit trainer and it definitely does have its challenges. I spend a lot of my time body blocking the controls and what not and it’s pretty much become second nature. About to hit final approach fix? Hand on the gear handle to prevent the accidental gear over speed. Slow on final? “Check your airspeed, add power.” Nothing happens, nudge the power. By the feeling of my nudge, he’s got a grip of iron on it. Harder nudge. No change. My controls. The loving worst is trying to trouble shoot their audio panel selections. “Sir, I can’t hear you.” Turn down Comm 1, turn up ICS. “Sir, I can’t hear you, Comm 1 is too loud.”
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# ? May 17, 2020 19:06 |
Emirates just announced it is early retiring the rest of its A380s. Then I googled a bit and found that KLM and Lufthansa already retired all their 747s, with BA planning to retire all theirs in 2024. I never got to fly on an A380, but I have been in a ton of 747s. Seems like the end of an era. Pryor on Fire fucked around with this message at 21:46 on May 17, 2020 |
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# ? May 17, 2020 21:44 |
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Okay xaarman sorry, I'll leave the speculation elsewhere. I've yet to have a chance to ride the 380. Hopefully can do so before they're all parked... the drat thing was just too big. The 777X seems a lot more reasonably sized, but you don't get a nifty shower or a bar, and less first class/business seats which is where the revenue really is. Also given Boeing's track record lately.... there's that. You got a link on the 380 thing? The only thing I could find is they've said they were planning to retire 46 of them, but they have over 100.
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# ? May 17, 2020 22:01 |
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I flew on an Etihad a380 biz class and it was pretty nice
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# ? May 17, 2020 22:24 |
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Animal posted:I flew on an Etihad a380 biz class and it was pretty nice Same but Lufthansa. The v cute German FA kept feeding me Bitburgs and I had no choice but to drink them.
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# ? May 17, 2020 22:27 |
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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. Repeatable LOL IRL every time I read that last line, thank you.
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# ? May 17, 2020 23:32 |
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Pryor on Fire posted:Emirates just announced it is early retiring the rest of its A380s. Then I googled a bit and found that KLM and Lufthansa already retired all their 747s, with BA planning to retire all theirs in 2024. Did Lufthansa retire or just store them? They were one of the few takers on the -8, all of which would only be a few years old.
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# ? May 17, 2020 23:33 |
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Korean biz class on the 380 was real nice. Quietest airplane I've ever been on. Korean FA's were totally confused by me ordering scotch neat though which was interesting.
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# ? May 18, 2020 00:06 |
Bob A Feet posted:Sir, I cant hear you. Turn down Comm 1, turn up ICS. Sir, I cant hear you, Comm 1 is too loud. Reminds me of this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VCV_z52GU CBJSprague24 posted:Did Lufthansa retire or just store them? They were one of the few takers on the -8, all of which would only be a few years old. Maybe it's just the -400's. Those were getting pretty old anyway and I don't think they had many left. Or maybe they just decided they already had enough widebody fleets and found someone willing to pay good money for their -8's.
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Yes, it appears Lufthansa is only retiring the 400s, they still have newer 747s parked somewhere.
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