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I have a few questions.....

Are y'all allowed to use your iPads for enroute charts/approach plates etc? Also, do all the AMF airplanes have autopilots or are there some that do not? Lastly, do they all have HSI's or just regular heading indicators?

Thanks
 
aobt14 said:
I have a few questions.....

Are y'all allowed to use your iPads for enroute charts/approach plates etc? Also, do all the AMF airplanes have autopilots or are there some that do not? Lastly, do they all have HSI's or just regular heading indicators?

Thanks
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No iPads , we use jepps. Most planes have autopilots and HSI's. now how well they will work is topic for another discussion . Lol
 
iPads are, or were not approved for use as of lately that I know of. Sure you can use one but you have to carry Jepp binders as they are what is approved. Some have autopilots, some do not. Most have HSI's.
 
aobt14 said:
I have a few questions.....

Are y'all allowed to use your iPads for enroute charts/approach plates etc? Also, do all the AMF airplanes have autopilots or are there some that do not? Lastly, do they all have HSI's or just regular heading indicators?

Thanks
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Legally you can not use your iPad without the company getting them approved by the FAA. That will never happen as it requires 2 EFBs in each aircraft which is way more expensive that sticking with paper in a single pilot operation.

Autopilots are more prevalent than in the past. They typically aren't anything special if they work properly. Some Metros have decentish APs that supposedly could shoot an ILS but I never trusted them long enough to see if they could. Not all aircraft have APs yet. Especially the Chieftains.

All the turbine equipment has HSIs. You could run into a chieftain that does not have an HSI.
 
Maurus said:
Autopilots are more prevalent than in the past. They typically aren't anything special if they work properly. Some Metros have decentish APs that supposedly could shoot an ILS but I never trusted them long enough to see if they could. Not all aircraft have APs yet. Especially the Chieftains.

All the turbine equipment has HSIs. You could run into a chieftain that does not have an HSI.
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Of the 8 Chieftains I've been in, 5/8 had an autopilot. All of them had an HSI. Granted, that's only BUR and PHX, so I've go no idea how they're equipped up north.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
Of the 8 Chieftains I've been in, 5/8 had an autopilot. All of them had an HSI. Granted, that's only BUR and PHX, so I've go no idea how they're equipped up north.
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They may all have HSIs. I forget. It has been 1.5 years since I flew a cheiftain. The bastards made me fly it the friday before I went to metro training. It had only been 5 months since I had touched a PA-31 on my 6 month checkup (basically flew it 3 times in a year). Never fly a plane where you have to have the SOPs open next to you in order to fly safely.:confused:
 
Inverted said:
I am not sure if the QOL is not improved, that I would call him an improvement at all. That is the easiest thing to fix right now.
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Well QOL will improve, but the "must make all pilots fear for their job" mentality wont go away. The new CP has been doing his best to change that though. I give him 3 more months before he either gives up or is asked to leave. He is a good guy though. Ex-Comair CP.
 
How's the staffing these days? With all regionals hiring and seemingly not as many people wanting to be a pilot, are classes being filled?
 
I want to say when I left a year ago, they were down about 20, so it looks like it is getting harder and harder to keep and or hire staff.
 
Maurus said:
Legally you can not use your iPad without the company getting them approved by the FAA. That will never happen as it requires 2 EFBs in each aircraft which is way more expensive that sticking with paper in a single pilot operation.

Autopilots are more prevalent than in the past. They typically aren't anything special if they work properly. Some Metros have decentish APs that supposedly could shoot an ILS but I never trusted them long enough to see if they could. Not all aircraft have APs yet. Especially the Chieftains.

All the turbine equipment has HSIs. You could run into a chieftain that does not have an HSI.
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Not all turbine equipment has HSIs. Some of the B model 99s still have vertical DIs with two CDIs if I recall. And of course those two birds always seemed to stay in BUR.
The Metro's that had the Collins FCS-80 A/P were three axis and could couple an ILS really well.
I was one of the first pilots in the company to checked out on the GNS430W and had to check out other Check Airman so they could go out into the system. It was a nice benefit for sure, especially the terrain feature when doing AMF1902 at night out West.
Even on the night runs to OAK out of BUR, we didn't really need the GPS, because our standard check on with LA Center came with a "AMF XXX, After Gorman VOR heading 305 DIRECT Oakland when able."

Unfortunately, I can think of at least two pilots that might still be alive today if the birds had had GPS installed a few years earlier. RIP.
 
SA227driver said:
Not all turbine equipment has HSIs. Some of the B model 99s still have vertical DIs with two CDIs if I recall. And of course those two birds always seemed to stay in BUR.
The Metro's that had the Collins FCS-80 A/P were three axis and could couple an ILS really well.
I was one of the first pilots in the company to checked out on the GNS430W and had to check out other Check Airman so they could go out into the system. It was a nice benefit for sure, especially the terrain feature when doing AMF1902 at night out West.
Even on the night runs to OAK out of BUR, we didn't really need the GPS, because our standard check on with LA Center came with a "AMF XXX, After Gorman VOR heading 305 DIRECT Oakland when able."

Unfortunately, I can think of at least two pilots that might still be alive today if the birds had had GPS installed a few years earlier. RIP.
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Weird. I flew the B99s a ton and don't recall any of them not having HSIs. I did not fly every B99 they have but I did fly most of them.

I flew the FCS-80 metros. The are nice, but they rarely could properly capture an ILS for me. I had one that would hold the LOC but would be way off on GS. Others couldn't hold a VOR radial without constantly turning back and forth a ton. This is hand flying with the FD and trying with the AP flying.

I also developed quite a cautious mentality toward automation as a result of the FCS-80. No aural warning when it randomly disconnects. Went to blow the boots once (wasn't sure if they were working) and almost had the yoke plow into my face when the AP decided to randomly pitch up 15 degrees. AMF APs really do suck and their use should be highly monitored.
 
I Completely agree. I always trained my trainees to constantly monitor AP mode panel to see exactly what the AP should be doing.
 
I remember a few pa-31's in PDX that had an autopilot that would capture a loc and glideslope and fly them wonderfully.
 
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