Says you, Coolio. Lots of people think things are cool that you don’t.itsgrosswhatinet wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:39 amFlying the thing would be an experience. Sitting in a simulator reading emergency checklists isn't worth the bragging rights that will come with an asterisk.
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- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: B747 Rating ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2546
Re: B747 Rating ?
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: B747 Rating ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2546
Re: B747 Rating ?
Funny anyone would wonder why a guy might want this.
$20,000 is a lot of money, but Rolex doesn’t have any trouble whatsoever getting people to shell out the same or more for an obsolete, relatively inaccurate timepiece made out of base materials.
It would be a heck of an experience.
$20,000 is a lot of money, but Rolex doesn’t have any trouble whatsoever getting people to shell out the same or more for an obsolete, relatively inaccurate timepiece made out of base materials.
It would be a heck of an experience.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Pilotless Plane Crash
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1361
Re: Pilotless Plane Crash
If it flew for 20 mins with nobody in it, it was far better rigged than every small airplane I’ve flown. Too bad it wasn’t rigged just a little bit better. It could have circled up and to the left under torque, and then after running out of fuel, glided down in a slight right turn and landed right ...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Being a Proficient Pilot
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2863
Re: Being a Proficient Pilot
" Severely" increases the PM's workload" Give me a break. "Severe"? Like he's got to look up from texting his hookups in town to make some standard calls, twiddle a couple knobs on the MCP a few times and put the gear down? I think people should be hand-flying approaches now and then. If being terri...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:33 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Interesting Single Otter Accident
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4508
Re: Interesting Single Otter Accident
How is the window shattering at 140 relevant? Vne is 144 Maybe they meant knots, which would be 165 mph or so. I wish people would stop using statute miles in aviation. Also I thought VMo in a PT6 Otter was 118 knots. They stick a red line at the bottom of the old yellow arc. Or at least they used ...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:38 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Transport Canada suing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2885
Re: Transport Canada suing
Transport Canada is actually doing something? I wouldn’t be worried about being sued. It’s inconceivable they would be able to file the papers by the deadline.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Drones & UAS
- Topic: The Future
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5169
Re: The Future
Hey, wait. I've got a new complaint. I am aware of the march of time and progress and blah blah blah. But I just want to say, this one time, that the drones and the drone people piss me off. The reason they piss me off is because I used to have a relaxing hobby. I was never a fanatic, but once in a ...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27521
Re: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
You'd think they were describing an accident that occurred on an ILS approach at 200 ft... I can't tell from your comment whether or not you have experienced how driven snow in Arctic conditions behaves. It's difficult to picture if you haven't seen it. It can be utterly transparent from any viewin...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27521
Re: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
You guys should check out some of the job openings at the TSB. I hear they're looking for someone to work out who keeps stealing lunches from the staff-room 'fridge.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27521
Re: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
the other didn't fly at all after his PPC. That doesn’t make sense, training is too expensive for them to not try and get a return on it. Sure it does. It's a move that's as old as time. It's called "stealing a PPC". You get that all-important first job, quit when you get a PPC and then spend time ...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Liley: Trudeau showing favouritism to Quebec for new aircraft.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6869
Re: Liley: Trudeau showing favouritism to Quebec for new aircraft.
That's basically the problem with politics, in a nutshell.Roundel Randy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:09 pm
Sometimes I don't understand why being in opposition means you have to oppose everything the government does, instead of just supporting them when they actually make a sensible decision.
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How long til $100k?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 67643
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How long til $100k?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 67643
Re: How long til $100k?
I'm at year 5 of commercial flying, and will see just over 100k base salary next year. I'm curious to know how long it took you to reach the 6 figure milestone in aviation. Some of us asked ourselves that question in 1986 , after more than 15 years as a professional pilot This is what makes this co...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: No Escape.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4325
Re: No Escape.
I am on rookie pilot’s side. I really dislike the adverts that play after the safety demonstration on Air Canada. Before one of you asshat AvCanada combat specialists says “well you have a choice not to go on Air Canada”… no, I actually don’t. I’m travelling for work, and my airline makes me go on w...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Impossible lifestyle?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7001
Re: Impossible lifestyle?
You said you were considering a job “in aviation”..You could get a job as an accountant for an airline. In my experience, the office drones who are (let’s all just admit this now) there to serve the people who do all the actual work just LOVE to talk about how they are “In Aviation”. It makes them f...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: AC pilot slips through the vetting process
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5521
Re: AC pilot slips through the vetting process
Wow, that's heavy, man. They wouldn't even let me wear my Oilers jersey during the playoffs.
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Does Transport Canada even exist?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8184
Does Transport Canada even exist?
So, it's time to renew my license booklet. Downloaded the form, filled it out, got my passport photo taken. Off to the regional office to drop it off. The office is closed; sign on the door says it's open "by appointment only". Now, I've been on hold for like an hour, listening to the recording tell...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Avcanada Posting Etiquette and Consequences
- Replies: 62
- Views: 185814
Re: Avcanada Posting Etiquette and Consequences
I took big breaks from the forum, some as cope and seethe, some as a sign of maturity. Back on for now to see if things are better. I'll admit I'd been a willing participant in a scrap or two back in the day and wow do I cringe when I read it. This was a place before social media where we were all ...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Conair Career...it's a good time to get on.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7437
Re: Conair Career...it's a good time to get on.
This is an interesting thread to watch. I've always been interested in aerial firefighting, since I was in college. Now, with approximately 25000 hours of mostly bush flying, a few thousand hours of 705 time too, I'm still kind of curious about it. I have some friends who made the switch from 705 fl...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: FAA Accepts Reliable Robotics' Certification Plans for Autonomous Flight Control System
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1068
Re: FAA Accepts Reliable Robotics' Certification Plans for Autonomous Flight Control System
I hope any professional pilot who helps these guys get through the "safe single pilot operation" phase of their project has a hard time getting work as a pilot once they move to the completely uncrewed phase. That way they can pioneer the next step too: being made redundant by machines.