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What do you mean though? I really don’t know what other industries are like, but surely you don’t have brand new say, steel mill workers running the entire floor and teaching the new guys after 6 months on the job? I’m sorry, but at 300 hours, I didn’t know my ass from my elbows. Having a CFI...

At what point do we decide it’s acceptable to relegate these things to a museum? Sure, it isn’t as cool as seeing them flying around....but do they still NEED to be flying around for us to remember history? How many Sopwith Camels are still flying around? Or any WW1 aircraft for that matter...

Yeah, sorry but World War II aircraft in general literally do nothing for me. I can always appreciate them based on the impact they had in our country’s history, but that’s where my interest ends. It’s just like classic American muscle cars to me. Boring, uninteresting, and a general waste of...

LOL! It looks like they're coming to lecture me about the danger of starting forest fires.

MAC will cover your CTP course, but only as a new hire or transition from the Caravan to the ATR. They will not do so if you’re only planning to fly the Caravan, as that doesn’t require an ATP certificate.

Actually, me as well. Probably because it was and still is my only time in a jet (737NG) sim. All the rest of my multi thousand hour turbine time is dirty, filthy beer-can turboprops.

+1 for the pro X. Works really well in the noisy ATR......also, last year the left earcup completely failed and they basically rebuilt the headset free of charge. DC has a reputation for customer service for a reason.

If I’m doing 350, it’s because the wings departed the aircraft 30 seconds ago. #TurbopropLifeeeee amirite?

Damn. A/CONCRD I would give one of my two spherical apparatuses for that type rating

Ew. Gross. Then again, as a native Houstonian, I am pre programmed to hate anything and everything DFW. The last time I was there was for my ATPCTP, which the company sent me to L3/Harris in Arlington to complete. My most vivid memory was having food poisoning so bad the night before my last...

Gladly. Houston sucks. Texas sucks. These are facts.

Look what’s happening in Texas right now, dude. I know you think it’s great because you “visited” a few times. It isn’t. 25 years living in Houston (born and raised there). It’s just so awesome when you reach that point in late summer where it has been 100+ days since the heat index was less...

Yep. What an idiot. “Implements domestic testing requirements “ WHY ARE THE AIRLINES ASKING FOR MORE BAILOUTS?1!1!?1!1?1?

I’ve heard if you say his name 3 times, he will reappear.

Well huh. Sounds eerily similar to a guy who used to post here quite often.

And if you don’t like spinny things out on the wings, it even has a jeetttttttttt version

I get to fly it with 0 passengers and an even bigger buttload of cargo into pretty boring places. But I still like it. And for a turboprop, it’s actually pretty good looking. If you want ugly, may I refer you to literally any Shorts product ever built.

Gotcha. Learn something new every day.

Really? I remember Obama being at MIA back in 2015 when our plane from ATL landed. He might not have been physically present at the airport but the aircraft was definitely there on the ramp.

The better question is what the hell is wrong with you? But we could fill an entire thread about that, couldn’t we?

Yeah, the reason is because it’s dirt freaking cheap to build a house out of matchsticks with cheap asphalt shingle roofs. You gotta cut as many corners as possible when you’re a builder constructing 600 new homes in these crappy new neighborhoods that keep popping up all around me.

Yep!

We are doing fine at the moment. We have a couple off temporary weekend runs on the ATR and Caravan for humanitarian/medical supplies and such as well now. But other than that things seem to be as normal. Us “floaters” at my company now have to drive to our runs for the week instead of positive...

How dare you slander the mighty ATR! Jus kidding. Ours are especially POS’s.

Not surprised you’d be the one defending this. Keep licking those boots.

Yes it is single pilot. However my company is going to operate them with SICs in some instances. They’re also trying to get an SIC program going with the Caravan. Yikes. So glad I bailed for the ATR.

Yuck. At least choose an actually attractive plane like the 757.

Lol at Kahului being on the list. Yeah it's kind of old and run down but you're on Maui for eff's sake. Nobody cares about the airport.

As in Diamond? I thought it was basically impossible for diamonds to NOT get upgraded. I’m just a lowly Gold, but yesterday not only did I clear the standby list on an earlier flight home, I also got upgraded. Madness.

I was looking at Delta One availability on the ATL-JNB flight once just for kicks. I’m not kidding, they wanted 900,000 miles for an award ticket. What the actual eff.

My wife’s uncle used to have a cabin up there right on the Cartecay River. The rafting and beer was epic.

It's actually Cumming, no S at the end. (double giggity?) :cool: Too bad I'm gone this week, I live over in Canton....only about 30 mins away.

Emphasis on the “strippers.”

@AAPalmTree I think he does?

They do though. It’s just a slower process than going to a regional or otherwise. We have 2 guys in training at FDX right now that left from the ATR, and a couple last year as well. Not all of our ATR guys want to work at big purple either. Some would rather (and have) work at an LCC or legacy.

Yes, brand new. They haven’t been implemented yet though. It wouldn’t surprise me to see them scrap the whole program. Who the eff wants to be SIC in a Caravan.

Nah man, you’re thinking of the 787.

The Van Guys were given preferential hiring opportunities by Wiggins, who have taken over the flying from us. The problem is, based pilots at Mountain get every 6th week off and that doesn’t include vacation either. AFAIK Wiggins has no PTO built into their schedule, so transferring to them...

z Right before they start laughing uncontrollably? :cool: