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I should have stayed out there with 'ol Purple a few days longer last year, if I only knew!

One more thing to add, the most respected instructors at lots of airports, at least the ones I've bummed around most of my life, almost always were not airline pilots. Most of the ones I know did most of their teaching after they retired from other jobs. That's what I'm planning on doing if...

I've never had the chance to do a winch launch myself, but that will probably happen this year. Not easy to find in the US, if you get the chance to do one, you should!

Way more common in Europe to do winch launches. There are pros and cons. The winch launch can't get as much altitude as aerotow, so the odds of the flight being a "sled ride" without finding lift to keep the glider aloft are much higher. Glider operations in the US tend to be from regular...

I have towed gliders in Cessna's and tailwheels, I strongly prefer doing it in a taildragger. I've towed CAP cadets before, and CAP is probably better off finding glider clubs to do tows for them. The clubs just have more expertise, since they are doing it more. The biggest reason for using...

Sort of a normal thing in seaplanes, as you don't have any runway distance references. The seaplane can also do a "confined area take-off" though - you can always just turn in a circle building airspeed.

Even if you had done that a few years ago, the odds of getting a job in the last year have been less than great. And ironically, it gets even harder to find instruction work once you have ATP minimums, as some/many employers assume you aren't going to be there for long.

To hear a lot of the CEOs talk, it sure sounds like this is their goal: Metropolis (1927 film) - Wikipedia

Taking some time off to go to school for something the White House would view as useless seems to be working out for me.

Have you held insurance and/or securities licenses?

The Euros I'm paying my bills with seem to be historically up against the US Dollar? So, I don't know, as expected?

It is closer than you think. The 3% savings account not only returns 3%, it also won't lose money. So, when we adjust it for risk, it is still 3%. To compare that to something that can lose money, you need to factor in the risk of losing money. There is well established math for that...

The strange thing about that - you would think that would translate into demand for AI/ML specialists, but the opposite seems to be happening.

That there is a good chance of not being able to find employment elsewhere? I was curious how bad the market was right now - I applied to every tech position I thought I was qualified for over a month, several hundred applications. 2 responses, total. In normal times (a year+ ago), I...

I read them, they were good!

Congrats! Endorsements are big, make sure you know exactly what you would need to write for a commercial helicopter pilot to fly a glider, etc. The best thing about the CFI rating - studying is free, and that's most of what you need to do.

Weight loss was the cheapest climb improvement made to the Mouse, a PowerFlow exhaust being a close second.

Way more than almost everyone else charges, that is more than fair.

They are great flying by yourself, or with small-ish friends. Easiest to land airplane I have ever flown. And they are great to teach in.

If it helps anyone else, also happy to share who I recommend (privately) in Florida.

I saw the shoes he wore to that interview. And he still got hired :)

Finding reliable DPE's has been, by far, the worst aspect of instructing for me.

Training > Cadet > Training > CFI > 135 > Regional is closer to what I've been hearing.

Finish the degree. Plenty of time for flying on the side, or later. The airline minimums may not necessarily ever get you a job flying.

There's stuff we control, and stuff we don't. The best any of us can do is give it a shot. So, please, try not to have too many regrets. The real shame would be in having not tried in the first place. Deciding that the juice ain't worth the squeeze is a different thing though, no?

Get the tire balanced before you do anything else.

yeah... EDIT: in all fariness, if it was the same shop that took it off.

No, my tools, my hangar, my airplanes. I unblocked you to ask what maintenance considerations I may have missed. I have never signed off any maintenance work that would ever remotely exceed my authority to do so. I am familiar with what authority I do have as a pilot and owner under part 43...

I have you on ignore. I clicked to turn that off, because I value aviation safety. I have mounted propellers on Cessna 150 and 152 aircraft before, under A&P IA supervision. IAs who have signed off the work. With approved data, and measurements of the IPS of the vibration, following the...

Half a day to bolt the prop on a 152? I like the safety wire on the prop bolts to be perfect. So, even after clipping it off the 8th time, it is still less than an hour. Seriously? If there is interference with the cowl, or something else going on = sure. Not hearing that here.

There would be a note of the IPS that was measured. Or, another dead giveaway would be the small screws in the flywheel used as weight to do the balance. Biggest giveaway, it takes time, and you would have gotten an invoice for that.

Being unemployed myself, not sure how much I can help. But regardless, PM me your number and I can at least try to put you in touch with some folks I know.

Anyway, when is this hiring get hot? I was just looking at some "We'll be in touch shortly to schedule an interview..." emails from more than a year ago.

I wrote out three answers to every TMAAT question I could find, had people review them, and memorized them all before my last interview. 2 of the interviewers ran out of questions 15 minutes into my hour long slots, and I got the job. The STAR format is for sure a cooperate and graduate...

I use the Derg transliteration

Pankooken in Dutch. No KLM for you!

I've been around this industry long enough to know - I'm about 18 months behind the "make more pancakes." So, have resume ready when they get to the bottom of the stack. ;)

My experience - "I know you are busy, so I wrote this for you with some bullet points..." Skills the US Air Force taught me. Maj. Walsh, specifically, RIP.

That's basically how I roll in the Beechcraft. The goal is the same, less bags to carry.