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Animal posted:I love this. Regional airlines are such a stupid business model, I hope they cease to exist in the next 5 years.
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Animal posted:I love this. Regional airlines are such a stupid business model, I hope they cease to exist in the next 5 years. The even more entertaining part is that even with the meltdown, Horizon is flying almost their entire schedule, while Alaska is cancelling 4-8% of their flights every day because they can't hire or retain pilots. Those cancellations have been going for months, and management is running out of things to blame, which lead to them seriously blaming a bunch of on cancellations on "the calendar changed months" last week.
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Crosspost from business travel thread: https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1526602621938802689 I would paste the article content but don't want to run afoul of  rules. Be careful in the sky goonfriends.
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May 17, 2022 20:51
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Here's a non-paywalled version from a paper I would consider worthy of more than emergency toilet paper, so it's a win-win! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/17/china-air-crash-that-killed-132-may-have-been-deliberate-says-us-report
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Did anything change in the industry after the Germanwings pilot suicide in 2015?quote:In order to improve the reporting of mental illness in pilots, investigators addressed 11 safety recommendations to WHO, IATA, the European Commission, EASA, BMVI and BÄK. The outlined provisions address the medical evaluation of pilots with mental health issues, routine analysis of in-flight incapacitation, mitigation of the consequences of loss of license, antidepressant medication and flying status, balance between medical confidentiality and public safety, and the promotion of pilot support programs. Did the FAA come out with anything?
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As a result of Germanwings, the FAA now allows pilots to take antidepressants, but the approval process is so convoluted and restrictive (you're grounded for several months any time you stop, start, or change meds) that there's almost certainly still a massive number of pilots flying around with undiagnosed or untreated mental health issues.
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I think the other consideration is that driving a plane into the ground is not a normal means of killing yourself if you're suicidally depressed. Like mass shooters who plan to die via suicide-by-cop, it's an inherently aggressive and unspeakably malicious action; it's not really caused by depression, but rather by other issues. You don't take 100+ strangers with you because you think life isn't worth living and you can't see a way out; you do it because you want to kill people. That's a mental health issue for sure, but I wouldn't leap to "depression" as the primary mental health issue at play just because it involves suicide.
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Animal posted:Yeah its great to drown out the SJW/feminazi/vaccine mandate bullshit with a nice history podcast lol did you seriously just try to "both sides" this by implying 60+ year old airline captains go on SJW rants
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PT6A posted:I think the other consideration is that driving a plane into the ground is not a normal means of killing yourself if you're suicidally depressed. Like mass shooters who plan to die via suicide-by-cop, it's an inherently aggressive and unspeakably malicious action; it's not really caused by depression, but rather by other issues. You're 100% correct, but the FAA's attitudes towards mental health treatments of any kind are horrifically outdated, so it's probably just blind luck that the US hasn't had a large scale murder-suicide by airplane yet.
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Rekinom posted:lol did you seriously just try to "both sides" this by implying 60+ year old airline captains go on SJW rants What do you think "SJW rants" are?
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Rekinom posted:lol did you seriously just try to "both sides" this by implying 60+ year old airline captains go on SJW rants I'm gonna assume he meant "rants about 'SJWs' and feminazis, etc." rather than they are SJWs and are ranting.
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PT6A posted:I'm gonna assume he meant "rants about 'SJWs' and feminazis, etc." rather than they are SJWs and are ranting. This.
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oh ok, the way the convo was flowing it read the other way.
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Well after a year of my Atlas application being “under review”, it has disappeared from the dashboard. Guess I can make another one now that I have another type, more turbine PIC and some oceanic stuff. Atlas dudes in the thread still happy?
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You didn’t update it with that info? poo poo dog I update my apps weekly.
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Rolo posted:Well after a year of my Atlas application being “under review”, it has disappeared from the dashboard. Yeah, I’m doing pretty well now that they fixed LTD and 401k. Let me know if you wanna apply again so I can refer you and get a bonus.
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Bob A Feet posted:You didn’t update it with that info? poo poo dog I update my apps weekly. I’ve been dragging my feet since switching airplanes in September and having a QoL spike. I know it’s dumb to not get seniority asap but I’m on what I’m calling my last not-121 gig, which is almost entirely 91 vacation flying to the islands, out west and now Europe. It’s been good international jet time, wonderful places and bankrolled alcohol. The families are also easy to work with and I have a FA for most of it. I know nothing gold can stay on this side, so when I’m ready to do bigger trips and have a more predictable schedule (or this job changes) I’m still planning Big Cargo. The whole “live anywhere while seeing everywhere” thing is basically how I want to spend my early midlife. I already have my REI dad pants and Merrells ready to go. Animal posted:Yeah, I’m doing pretty well now that they fixed LTD and 401k. Let me know if you wanna apply again so I can refer you and get a bonus. I absolutely will. Thank you.
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Animal posted:There is no reason to pay for a type rating. The only operations that will require you pay for a type rating are exactly the kind of people you will regret working for. Pretty sure Ryanair make you pay for the type rating. They also make you pay just for the job interview. Uniforms, and you don't get airport security passes and have to go through the pax queue.
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 Hail Satan (again!)
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I've heard Skywest demand a different squawk code after they got something starting with 666. The controller was clearly wondering what the hell was wrong with that crew, but told them he'd get them a new code... which also started with 666. At that point one of the flight attendants had to come up to see what we were laughing so hard at.
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wear your 666 squawks with pride 
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6-6-6, the number of the beast, when you're on this code, you've been IFR released.
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Squawk 666 and repent
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I had a GA pilot in a cirrus with a 666xx tail number get auto assigned a 666 code, and he responded “squawk four six six six, November six six six juliet sierra hail satan.” That guy loving rules.
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Rolo posted:Squawk 666 and repent
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MrYenko posted:“squawk four six six six, November six six six juliet sierra hail satan.” Thread title?
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Rolo posted:Squawk 666 and repent
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hobbesmaster posted:Thread title? Yes indeed.
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Does anyone have any recs for a flight school near chicago (at PWK)? I just learned (it's because I'm dumb) that I don't need to pass my FAA written exam in order to start like practical flight lessons. Hmm but do I need to pass my physical? anyway tia
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Pretty sure it’s still medical certificate (physical) to be able to solo, then written to be able to take your check ride that gives you your private pilot cert. go nuts until you plan to do your solo. It’s how people can do introductory flights and log the time without any previous thought on the subject.
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captainOrbital posted:Does anyone have any recs for a flight school near chicago (at PWK)? Don't start anything until you've done your medical, unless you're confident that you don't have issues that could trip you up.
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captainOrbital posted:Does anyone have any recs for a flight school near chicago (at PWK)? Hey man. I fly out of PWK. I like saying that sentence because it sounds cool but I’m a student too. I’ll PM you later.
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Inner Light posted:Hey man. I fly out of PWK. I like saying that sentence because it sounds cool but I’m a student too. I’ll PM you later. Awesome, ty and incidentally if you know a doc that can do the FAA cert, I haven't found one yet
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The link is correct, but you should be searching for designee Type AME - airman medical examiner. I’ll also slightly disagree and say get through an intro flight and maybe 3 hours before bothering just to be sure you’re into it.
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Somebody forgot to check the NOTAMS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bidens-secure-location-rehoboth-beach-secret-service/
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A C-172 vs. two F-15s. Seems fair.
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I’m imagining that Simpsons where they can’t keep up with the Wright Bros plane because they’re going like 800mph too fast so they get out and walk after it. This whole forum is dorks I know you all know the one I’m talking about.
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Rolo posted:I’m imagining that Simpsons where they can’t keep up with the Wright Bros plane because they’re going like 800mph too fast so they get out and walk after it. e.pilot for sure knows
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