Meatservo gets it. What happens when your autopilot starts an unexpected turn to the right instead of 30 degrees to the left to join final because someone selected the incorrect waypoint sequence (or whatever) on a nice VFR day. (yes someone screwed up - it happens). Quickly try to adjust the automa...

accountant is why I hate people. Meatservo is why I love people. You need both to keep it interesting though. Just keeping a healthy balance so your egos don't make you miscalculate fuel loads. See, I just knew you were good for something. Actually, I sit up front but I keep My wallet in the back t...

accountant is why I hate people.

Meatservo is why I love people.

You need both to keep it interesting though.

Airlines are certainly subject to the seniority system. It's unfortunate, but if you were paid by the sum of your check ride evaluation marks - which would be fairly subjective, I imagine that could cause other issues. By definition, most people are average, and it would appear average is pretty goo...

I strongly believe that a diverse population of 8 billion people (and growing) across the globe, across economies, cultures and political stripes will come to agreement on the science, the solution and who will shoulder the economic cost of the drastic changes/sacrifices required to meet moderate en...

Not to poop the party or anything but this pilot hiring is a little too frothy and it makes my spidey sense tingle. Entirely anecdotal, of course, but I know more than a few solidly middle class families that are either barely solvent or living on credit. If this is widespread (maybe I just hang ou...

Not to poop the party or anything but this pilot hiring is a little too frothy and it makes my spidey sense tingle. Entirely anecdotal, of course, but I know more than a few solidly middle class families that have become fairly recently either barely solvent or living on credit. If this is widesprea...

Divorce is a high chance in our industry. You'll understand sadly when it's too late. If you want a family... it's hard. Do you have parents near by that can help? Some children are much harder than others to raise... can be taxing on a spouse. If you're not around much or gone weekends because you...

Well, I think the term ‘chasing the dragon’ can apply to this business. When you start - just landing any job would be good enough. Land a job - then getting the airplane you want would be good enough. Get the plane - then getting left seat would be good enough. Left seat - then getting the better p...

'the RVR is varying between distances less than and greater than the minimum RVR' Love this one. Except, what exactly does that mean. Like it was above 5mins ago but now its below - we good? It was above 45 mins ago but now its below - bad? Or it was above, then below then above 27 minutes ago but 2...

So “being unable to afford to buy a $1.2 million dollar house as a new FO” — is now being spun as a compromise of safety? Explain, please. When did I ever say that? Pilots at Jazz, Porter, Encore employ pilots out of Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver and pay wages that are insufficient to c...

AirFrame wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:41 am Nothing justifies the returned punch. If he'd stayed calm, the police may have arrested the gate employee.

Not ok to use wheelchair as baggage cart - check
Not ok to slap customers - check
Not ok to punch people who slap you - check

Got it. Good work, people.

Maybe if the big healthy looking football player hadn’t tried to use a wheelchair to haul his luggage the situation would never have happened. Wheelchairs are for handicapped people not cheapskate people to use as luggage carriers. AP 100% true. However, does that justify a slap to the face by an a...

Running with digits' numbers: Some interesting math. Take that $325k you missed out on and pay off your student loan (say $25k) and invest the rest. Let's say age 30 should be about right. Summon your inner Mr. Miyagi and have the discipline to leave it invested. Continue as you were with your job a...

With the huge variety of schedules out there you can also simultaneously 'do something else'. I have never just been a pilot. I've always had the luxury of being able to wear two hats. Pilot/Nomad. Pilot/Business Owner. Pilot/Worlds best dad. Pilot/Investor. Pilot/Semi-Retired green thumb. Pilot/Vol...

Probably nothing new to add here but, well, whatever. For at least a year I've been hearing the contrarian rumblings of 'that which shall not be named' lest you be branded ignorant; the mouth breathers. Many of these ideas came well supported and plausible. I heard these cries against the mainstream...

photofly wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:23 pm But eventually, that point is made, and it becomes a hostage situation and not a political demonstration.

Held hostage.

You mean like someone's job with a vaccine mandate...?

I’m willfully vaccinated. I am grateful to healthcare workers (et al) for their perseverance and hard work in unimaginable working conditions. I support the convoy speaking out against what is, in my opinion, government overreach on personal liberties. Texas had a ‘bans off my body’ protest which wa...

Canada needs a 1500 hour rule like the US. It's good for the regional pilots because less supply means higher wages. It's good for the smaller operators because they can hold on to guys longer. And it's good for the airlines that aren't short sighted because it provides experienced crews. But it's ...

Might want to consider a deeper dive into the actual effects of inflation in an article by Mark Blyth: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/15/why-does-inflation-worry-the-right-so-much (snip) "Indeed, as Bivens argues, it’s far from clear that wage earners actually lose from inflatio...