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Ah and here I was feeling all special because I thought I had the breaking news!

On a positive note...Spirit just sent out an e-mail cancelling the reduction bid that was to close tomorrow. Don’t know what ALPA and the company were able to negotiate beyond the extended leaves...but no furloughs or downgrades here in October.

It does. Keep in mind it applies to no less than half the derived alternate minimums which include both visibility and ceiling.

I would consult with an experienced AME on the subject...but I can tell you you’d have to disclose the failed test on your medical application, and it will most likely be denied as you have to have 2 years “clean” after a failed drug test before they’ll consider issuing you a medical.

Technically you have to comply with all applicable rules of the state you're operating in....UAL747400 points out some good ones that are probably violated by unknowing foreigners daily. Flying overseas I'd do my best to get acquainted with as many differences as possible...but these would be...

This. Hopefully the more onerous requirements just to take the ATP written will help put a stop to this. 10 years ago I toyed with the idea of getting a JAA conversion in order to open myself up to jobs in Europe. The ridiculous written requirements to get a JAA ATP was enough to put me of...

I just took the AF renewal a few months ago for the 7th time. I paid $99 in 2003, but did notice (as one poster pointed out) that the price is now lower. It really is a bargain. I can confirm that the arbitrary time limit is gone, and you could feasibly get it done in a day or two. In years...

It's not terrible for a single guy. If you enjoy being a nomad (many people do, myself included for many years), it can be an adventure. But it does take it's toll. Being gone for 18-40 days at a time when you're not doing a 90 day TDY means you can't live anything that resembles a normal home...

On the contrary...the contract turned out to be very concessionary in work rules. I'm a little ashamed to say I voted yes for it...partially thinking "How can this place get any worse?". Well, Teamsters and Omni management worked together to prove that yes...as bad as Omni was in December 2011...

I was there for 7 years and recently left. If you do a search, you'll find a recent thread with my views. Dasleben and T-Gates pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Yeah...I get all that. (notice the "heavy sarcasm implied" at the end of my post).

I find Bedford's comments in the hearing to be a little perplexing. Apparently, RAH finds low time pilots to be the most desirable. At least according to his comments that higher time pilots aren't always the sharpest tools in the shed, and that they have to "un-teach" undesirable habits that...

It gets better. Looking at GCMAP.com, one hour out from ICN would have put them just off the southeast coast of Japan. They would have still been about 45 min from entering the ETOPS portion of their flight. And it appears they did so with a known engine malfunction. @jynxyjoe : The Boeing QRH...

Definite fail by the crew. Continued illumination of the Oil Filter EICAS requires a shutdown and obvious "Land ASAP". I personally would have made plans to divert as soon as I had to run a procedure that required me to continue flying with reduced power on one engine, over water.

Yeah, I worked there for 7 years and moved on in February. No classes that I know of right now, the last new hire class was about a year ago (they were all furloughed right after finishing OE). But they're gearing up for interviews, so I'd probably expect them to start in a month or so.

It's all good...I went in with my eyes wide open, and in some ways it was one of the best jobs I ever had. A lot of people didn't....flying with them was not pleasant at all. As far as the PIC time goes....they've always been pretty firm about the 2000TT and 1000 PIC requirement. They have...

I'd say that's true, and Omni was good to me. But don't forget the 90 day lines (Omni calls them TDYs...but they're really just lines). Or the potential 36 day lines if you're junior assigned the last and first 18 days straight month to month. Omni works well as a stepping stone if you're...

Ugh, I really wish people would stop doing this sort of thing. Remember Pan-am....and the 6 feeble attempts at raising it from the ashes since 1991? Almost seems like they're desecrating the dead. Just let them rest in peace and let us remember them as they were.

The route is Madrid to Santa Cruz, Bolivia (LEMD-SLVR).

Yes, it does all sound very exotic and not a bad deal at all for a young single guy. But I feel the company should at least make some effort to provide a lifestyle to it's pilots that befits grown men and women with families or those who just want a semblance of a life at home, rather then a 21...

I'd like to point out something I feel any potential new hire should know about working life at Omni: Earlier this year (in March), the company announced a TDY base in Madrid, Spain in order to cover flying for a long-ish term contract with Boliviana. The company had the option of making the...

I used to feel her pain (prior to naturalizing myself). The real sore point over that was that as a green card holder, I had already been fingerprinted, photographed and background checked to death by the same government department several times over the course of 6 years.

I had the same thing happen back in October. Male controller who stated "West Indian....I'm sorry....Caribbean...". I thought the same thing!

Ditto. Very, very uncharacteristic.....assuming the story is accurate.

You may have a hard time finding such charts these days. At least outside of the regionals...and even then we used whiz wheels (for the ERJ) and not charts. Very few carriers that I know of use paper charts to compute weight and balance...way too time consuming, and not very accurate. Just...

Nope, not a resurrection. This flight school has been around for years at HWO, and has no connection to the infamous defunct ATA.

The ATP is not a CFI or II. You can only instruct under very limited circumstances with an ATP; under an air carrier's approved training program, and that's it. I'm afraid if you want to get the CFII, there aren't any shortcuts.

I've wouldn't worry about it. I've never heard of anyone having a credit check run on them as a prerequisite of employment. Even if one were run, I couldn't imagine much weight being given to it. Keep in mind that many new pilots "following the dream" (with $100K+ debt and lucky to obtain a...

FYI, GOM changed last month concerning this. We can now eat the same meal so long as it is one hour apart!

I certainly don't expect to get everything we want, and I think the pilot group realizes this. I was on the fence on the vote for a while. I desperately wanted to vote yes. But after sitting at home and reviewing the contract, I realized that the language in too many sections was too weak...

Despite some negatives, I love my job. And this is coming from a non sched. guy that can be gone for 18+ days at a time. Would I do it over again? Hell yeah. My career hasn't gone according to plan. If it had, I'd have been hired by British Airways as a cadet when I attended the prelim. tests...

Keep in mind that a 121 supplemental operator may be authorized to operate more then just non-sched. (charter) operations. We have approval to operate both Domestic scheduled and flag operations. We even have two chapters dedicated to all things flag and domestic scheduled in our GOM. However...

No, unfortunately not. A few years ago I read (can't remember where though) an article about a pilot who tried a crafty scheme while going through certificate action with the Feds. Before they could finish the process, he voluntarily surrendered his certificate to OKC for cancellation under...

It is was it is. If you're desperate to get an ICAO ATP below 23, you might want to go for one in Europe (or, well, any other ICAO signatory state). The typical age is 21. The whole point of the ATP is to allow someone to act as PIC of an airliner. Keeping that in mind, I don't think that a...

To quell the most recent (November 2010) rabble rousing from pilots concerning screening.

Hmmm, not really. What amazes me about this article is that it treats crewpass as a brand new system that needs "testing". Newsflash...it's been around in several airports for several years now, and has been successfully tested. Expanding it to include 7 additional airports is hardly progress...

Runway limited means you're takeoff performance, as calculated, is being limited by the length of runway. There are several factors that can limit your weight/reduction of power...such as LMTOW, climb performance, obstacle etc.. Runway length is one of them.

Quality is indeed the key! It requires a combination of book knowledge and practical experience. Exactly how much is anyones guess. But I think I can say for certain that the average FAA fresh commercial grad doesn't come close to meeting either standard for airline operarions. As far as the...

The whole European 250 hr cadet is often brought up. Seldom, however, is the incredible mitigating factor: European theoretical training. Before any of these FOs set foot in an airliner, they've completed 14 different exams to get their frozen ATP. I've looked into completing it myself....but...

Re: Primary Checkride Failures haunting me after 2700 hours If I could do it again, I'd definitely go part 61. I despised 141 training as a CFI...the paperwork (especially at a certain flight school) was horrendous and the syllabus inflexible and highly unrealistic. Having said that, there's...