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That great....but 5 milllion a year is hardly the average wage the average pilot could expect to make outside of aviation.

I thik I'll use this thread to put in a word for the college programs (at least the BCC one). While the BBC program had it's issues in the past, these days it appears to be running quite well with istructors now finishing their time quicker then those in Sanford. Former students of mine who...

wow, looks like this is one helluva thread I started! Didn't expect it to turn into a discussion on the topic at hand, but oh well. Looks like the regional airline industry is in for a major airline style period of turmoil over the next few months. Some appear to be hiring, which is good for...

Reserve isn't too bad if you're living near your base, and within a reasonable drive to the airport. I commuted from FLL to BUF while I was on reserve my first month on the job. My experience was that it's certainly doable, but eats in heavily to the paltry amount of free time you get off each...

Congrats!

Where\'s everyone going? I was looking at the dca website earlier on to see the placement list to see if and where some familiar names might have got hired. I noticed that Comair did a crap load of hiring of academy grads over the last few months, and with the exception of the odd expressjet...

Re: \"700 hours to flying a jet\" I know of one or two people who did this. Personally I don't like it, and think it's a horrible deal financially. I think people are selling their souls to get into a jet even quicker then they already can and it's unnecessary. Starting new hire training with...

A little over 6 years from first flight to first day in class at a regional. It's all about the journey! I've had some great times and have some great memories of the last few years. And after getting on at CHQ last November, I lasted 6 months before I was itching to get back into a Cessna and...

It's been great the past two days....not a cloud in the sky! The last few weeks have been a nuisance weather wise. I did a 3 day trip that began on Friday, all with 4 to 6 legs a day of just Florida flying, all with 25-30 minute quick turns. Amazingly enough, we actually managed to complete...

Re: Delta\'s future plans [ QUOTE ] Chris, Does CHQ hold steady to its minimums posted the company website (1500 and 300)? [/ QUOTE ] For the 170, yes. It seems they will take as low as 1000-1200 TT and 150ish multi for the 145. I managed to walk in a friend's resume back in March who had...

Re: Delta\'s future plans [ QUOTE ] I don't think time off reserve at Comair is 18 months. Actually I heard that Comair is going to lower their mins. to what ASA did cause their hurting for pilots... [/ QUOTE ] 18 month reserve or something close to it was certainly the case a year ago when...

Re: Delta\'s future plans [ QUOTE ] Ask your comair buddies how they like Junior Manning. [/ QUOTE ] I hear hot reserve is also fun! Reserve for 18 months or so must also be a blast with no upgrade in sight. High pay rates do not always = better QOL. Right now, due to my own circumstances...

II’m always very skeptical when I hear the "reason" from a student as to why he or she failed a checkride. Notice how it's almost always over something small and meaningless? Usually there are two sides to the story....and when I'd hear the examiners version of events and the real multiple...

[ QUOTE ] Well, you do know that any government operation, by law of nature, is inherently streamlined by default, don't you? [/ QUOTE ] When I read the word "streamlined" the first thing that came to mind was the TSA. Not only are they streamlined but also efficient, highly effective and...

Wow, I can only imagine how much the price is going to sky rocket when this ever comes to be. The price for the whole course in Sanford already appears to have doubled in the past 5 years, and is the main reason I can no longer recommend the Sanford program to anyone. Still, I'll believe it...

[ QUOTE ] I've never heard of someone having to go up with an inspector for their CFI Initial--DE's have always worked just fine. I highly doubt that it comes down to district or state, since the regs put out by the FAA are generally nation-wide. The only benefit to going up with an FAA...

Wow, I'm somewhat surprised by that. I checked out Ari Ben once and was quite impressed with the place.......now, well, hmm. Not only do I consider this to be a very silly requirement (couldn't they have at least said "preferred"?), but I find it ironic in a way that they misspell FSDO, "FISDO"...

[ QUOTE ] Ever notice how someone who comes down to Nixons' level the response is -its' unprofessional and childish? But the same person who started it -you guys just ignore him? ....... Chris if you think I'm scary,you ought to see FATT MATT SHIRTLESS!! AHHHHHHHHHH! I'm BLIND! Somebody told me...

[ QUOTE ] Well,Well,Well, I have the honor of being attacked by Matt "Fat" Nixon, whom the question begs to be asked of, "Do you and your girlfriend compare BREAST SIZES? I was just wondering,cause when I was there I used to see your breast just dangling there in your shirt, ( I heard you...

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Circling approaches are not an IPC requirement. This is right out of my 5 year old PTS....if someone has a newer one and can correct me if I'm wrong then please do [/ QUOTE ]Sure. Get a new PTS. The Instrument PTS (beginning with the one =before= the current one) set...

[ QUOTE ] 61.57 - ".... an instrument proficiency check consisting of a representative number of tasks required by the instrument PTS." Circle to land is in the PTS, so while it's not required for the IPC, it's fair game. [/ QUOTE ] Well, fair enough, I wasn't trying to argue that point. The...

[ QUOTE ] I think I saw something recently about the new PTS and sims. If the sim is approved for circling approaches (level C or better) then you can do the whole IPC in a sim. Under the old PTS for instruments you could have pulled it of in a garden variety sim. If anyone has a better...

It's not used for manuevers, we turned it off in the sim for steep turns, stalls etc (not that it would be useful anyway). It's a great tool in a two crew cockpit, but my experience from using it single pilot while hand flying on MS flight sim has been thats it's been more hassle then its worth...

H46....Im sure you didn't take it the wrong way, but re-reading my previous post almost sounds like Im targeting/bashing Comair rampers...which isn't the case. In fact, you guys do an awesome job in FLL and MCO....makes flying the Delta side a little too easy!

My bad, Comair handles a lot of our ramp work here in FL, and I assumed this was the case in TLH.

Hard to avoid hitting something on the airplane that you can't see. Thats what wing walkers and marshallers are for. We do our best and stay vigilant, but ultimately thats why why can't taxi out or in without a marshaller. It could have been either pilot or rampers fault, but not knowing...

Actually, the correct terminology would be hold east as published, not west. The direction specified is to be a cardinal heading from the fix, not to it. So the pilot can either hold west, or hold on the 090 radial, but not both. The controller was clearly the confused party, and might I add...

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Unless of course, ATCs airspace is saturated, the frequency is hopelessly congested and when you do manage to get a hold of ATC, they say give you 3 different holding instructions that make no sense. [/ QUOTE ] Three different holding instructions? M'kay. "Make no...

[ QUOTE ] chrisdahut, its a shame people get disciplined for alot, but in that case, its the pilots responsibility to adhere to a clearance and if in doubt, ask....he did indeed ask but asked the wrong question. It was his responsibility just like it was the responsibility of the pilot to check...

[ QUOTE ] I wasnt refering to you philosopher. And dude! There was no mistake on ATC's part. [/ QUOTE ] I was there on that day too. And I can say that the particular controller who was issuing holding instructions (at least when I was in the area) was giving conflicting...

[ QUOTE ] I love how every station I go to has completely different procedures, also subject to who's in charge. My shoes only set off a couple metal detectors.... not to mention WHY DOES AKRON HAVE THE NAZI'S OF THE SYSTEM??? It's a tiny freaking airport and they go freaking ape there...

Well, shinysideup, once again your uninformed opinion is wrong. The airlines are under no obligation to hire DCA or any other academy grad but they have (104 last year, myself one of them) and continue to do so (50 something so far this year I think). I went into class with people from a...

Whoa, easy there! I think ananoman summed it up quite nicely. Flying from coast to coast is not easy when in a light aircraft and paying a small fortune for it. Many pilots, if not all, have very little real cross country experience when they move up to bigger aircraft. This is due to the range...

Anytime! Good luck on the decision.

Many of my students had this dilemma in the past as well, and I advised the same way- get everything you can as soon as you can. Once you become an instructor, unless your lucky enough to find one of the few relatively well paying jobs, you’re going to be digging up change from in between the...

[ QUOTE ] When I did the checkride to renew with a DE, I was flying a 172. The DE said I'd lose the MEI cause I wasn't flying a twin, could only renew CFI and CFII. [/ QUOTE ] That sounded odd, so I referenced 61.199(a): "The holder of a flight instructor certificate may exchange that...

The sad thing is, I'm sure you'll be getting some PM's from someone asking for more information.

No approval needed for any Flight Instructor exam. And no, no need to be a CFI before you take it. I'd strongly suggest you take it now if you intend on getting your CFII within the next 24 months. Just one less thing to have to worry about in the future.

[ QUOTE ] Doesn't DCA pay CFI's $10 an hour? That shouldn't be too hard to beat.... [/ QUOTE ] It gets raised to $12.50 an hour should a normally unrealistic target of hours flown by all bases be met each month. If that doesn't get him to re-consider, I don't know what will!