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Very altruistic POV. I worked at one of those places. I stayed 6 months. I had people on this board telling me to go work there. Stelios was a f***head of a boss. When his wife showed me some handwritten notes she had on how I was to be paid, and I showed her what flights I worked and she...

You miss the point....completely. Disciplinary actions unrelated to flying are between the previous employer and employee. Edit: Most states have laws against that kind of information. "Is the employee eligible for rehire" is all they're allowed to ask.

And that's exactly what I'm talking about. Disciplinary actions. There's a whole lot of shady 134.5 operators out there that will be vindictive. The rest of it is necessary. It doesn't/shouldn't apply to me. I'm at a place where I'm most likely done with interviews, and I keep my nose...

Yeah, not cool how deep this one goes. I can see some disgruntled operators putting things in records that are damaging. I get it, records need to be improved. But honestly, some of the things required to report are what I would consider "none of your business" or open for really screwing...

This is what happens when people offer rides under the guise of "flight instruction".

Wow. What a dick.

Like a boss! "Do you require any assistance?" "Nah, I'ma just taxi this beeich over here and turn it off.". Amazing no one was killed. You think he still pulled the prop through on the engine that didn't quit?

It's not the place it used to be. Still not a bad place to live, but the juice ain't worth the squeeze anymore. I'd be outta here if I could take my kids with me.

When you're transiting through mountain passes they are. This part of SoCal is chock full of hills, valleys and passes. That's exactly what got Kobe's helicopter. They tried to get through the pass at Calabasas, and didn't. Santa Susana Pass tops out at just shy of 3000msl. It was covered...

These helicopter companies just don't get it. I live about 6 miles from where Kobe's helicopter crashed. One of the charter helicopters just flew over my house, about 500ft above, scud running through the valley. It's foggy and overcast right now with the marine layer. They just don't get...

$12/hr. That's a hard no for me. The only way it becomes viable is if you're independently wealthy, or it's your second job.

We're all always playing the odds.

She had both chutes tangled, and 2000+ jumps. Seems like the odds caught up with her.

I mean.... it's better than that idea where the cabin detaches in an emergency and parachutes down...but just.

You're gonna hate this career.

A more accurate thread title would be "How to configure cockpits to eliminate the need for two pilots"

Operational by 2027? I'm calling BS.

Meh. They'll still figure out a way to say they need concessions and keep our schedules...and more importantly, time away from home s***.

Remember what it was like being an FO. You ain't special just because you made it to the left seat, you just got hired first. Know when to let it swing and when to let it ride.

I felt ready about 6 months after I was voluntold upgrading.

What the 55 should have been. That thing.....was a piece of s**t.

"Hey, I've got a great way to absolutely kill domestic travel, and put thousands more people out of work." Covid isn't something to mess around with. With that said, if it's that scary for you to get Covid, STAY THE F*** HOME! I'm willing to bet that there's far more people who've had it than...

FaceSpace has a rumour that their whole fleet is grounded due to some nose gear issue. Is this just PSA, or every CRJ?

Nope. The sea otters quit fornicating.

"O'hare operations have been unaffected". That's because the place is a freaking ghost town!

It's called a "Saabski".

This is why I always make sure the APU is up and running before shutting down #2. When I was in the right seat I had this exact scenario happen on the north bridge going to the west side while making the turn, mid turn. The captain managed to keep it on the pavement by stomping the left brake...

I mostly just lurk in the shadows now. I haven't posted in years. But I'll second this. Go talk to anyone who was former ASA/XJT (I was) about how they feel about anything SkyWest. ASA went from making $540m, to losing money very quickly when "Chip-away-Chip" took the reigns.

What union? SAPA isn't a Union, and they don't have a contract. They have a working agreement. Management could walk in tomorrow and tear up their "contract", flip everyone off, and start from scratch. All a SKW pilot could do about it is quit.

Seconded.

"It pulls the gear out of the well or it gets the hoses."

Wrong order.

Honestly, unless you really want to go, spend the time and money getting the rest of your qualifications met.

No, not intended to play the victim, but it is headed in exactly the direction I expected it to, being guided that direction by exactly who I expected.

It won't kill you (at least not here I don't think, people have offed themselves because of it though). I'm just tired of the crap, and now like I said, find your own damn source, AND GET OFF MY LAWN!

I don't have a source. It comes across a feed. I don't watch the news, and don't subscribe to any particular source. And your comment about "then be smarter about your sources" is exactly why you can now go fishing for info on your own. Pretty sad it's come to that if you ask me.

So you can Google. I'm just not going to post every flavor of political bent for it to be thrown in my face at a later date like is done so often.

Nah, someone will just blast it because of the source.

Apparently 15 people were injured. I got a dollar that says all of those 15 either weren't wearing their seatbelt, or were seated next to someone who wasn't. Part of the announcement is "that's not just for your safety, but also for the safety of those around you". (Google it if you want to...

When they require it, and pay me for my time to get it, I'll do it. Until then....nope.