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Came across my news feed. Seems like this jet might actually become a thing. Pretty damn cool if it makes it. GE’s AffinityTM: The first civil supersonic engine in 55 years – launching a new era of efficient supersonic flight

Yep, nutty as a squirrel turd.

That's not why it matters.

Instruct. You will learn the most valuable stuff there.

200+ knot closing speed? Seems a bit fast....

I dunno, I've switched back and forth between the 175 and the CRJ (not by choice), and I'd have to disagree. The training programs in other countries are a completely different animal, and when guys are bombing out of training here state side.....well.... We do the fire hose method here. The...

Because there is no hand holding for training in the US. Typical training cycles for the type here are roughly month long. Two weeks of ground, two weeks of sims. Overseas, they want you to know the torque specs of the nacelle attachment bolts. A friend went from the CRJ to a Japanese...

Is there room to add some servos? It'll be something I do after I'm done building a Sign 1/5 scale Cub I'm converting to electric. I still enjoy gluing a bunch of sticks together, but kits are getting hard to find.

How's that thing fly? I've been toying with the idea of either that or an F86

Either call the training department or go get your medical done. I'd lean towards getting it done.

I think arresting the dude was a bit much. Strip him of his medical and make him fight for them back, but locking him up? Way to promote a good safety culture.

Every layover is different.

Ha! FYPM! Imagine that, "slug it out in the regionals, pay your dues at subpar wages and terrible work rules" has turned into no one wanting to do this job anymore. Who would have thought?

I wish airlines would just perma-ban him. Put him on the list.

*yell from the back* "I'M GETTING ON THIS FLIGHT IF YOU HAVE TO BUY JESUS OUT OF HIS TICKET!"

Yeah, I know. I flew charter looong before I came to the airlines. It could be as simple as shutting said curtain, and grabbing the crash axe. You protect the cockpit at all costs.

"A pilot came out of the cockpit to try and calm him down." WRONG ANSWER! Lock the cockpit down, and land.

If you can figure out how to avoid the loans, that's your best bet. You'll be eating slim the first few years. Your FD retirement will help a lot though.

I can't imagine anyone working there who hasn't had an interview with them.

Holy crap! Plane narrowly misses van crossing runway for barbecue

Oh, I know I'm preaching to the choir. Ryanair is the "Eff it, I'm going to learn how to drive trucks" job.

They don't need to brainstorm at all. They just need to start paying up, and giving guys decent schedules. The solution is really simple. Quit being greedy bastards, and charge what it actually costs to run an airline properly.

This paragraph is contradictory. This is why the shell game will keep going. RJ's add value in the form of available frequency of flights among other things. The fact that we couldn't get everyone to stand together when contracts were being negotiated is exactly why they will continue to keep...

What writing? The writing in the sim is supposed to be exactly the same as the airplane. It's literally the exact same parts.

"I think there's a flow for this button and lever sequence....."

So How long before this guy taco's the wings on a 50+ year old Baron? I mean don't get me wrong, this is cool. But he seems like he's trying to be a wannabe Bob Hoover.

"80 knots?" "Reject!" Amirite?!

A-S-L? Plus pics?

Yeah, money is one of my motivating factors. It's a friggin car payment a month. I could upgrade to a pretty damn nice car....that didn't smell like cigarettes... if I quit. Plus, I wouldn't have to have my daughter break my heart and ask me to stop. Nicotine is a hell of a drug.

Been trying to quit for a few years now. I always seem to find an excuse to not. I need to start finding the opposite.

I break rules all the time and it usually ends up ad "hmm, I didn't realize that was even a rule." I'll give you an example. A few years back, I got a prescription for Chantix. I almost took it, but I was talking to a captain about it and he told me it's not approved. That would have been an...

Because someone was going to tell you to quit being a dick, he just got there first.

They don't want lifer captains hanging out at the top of the pay scale. AAG Regionals will always have low captains pay for that reason.

There's at least one mainline that charges it's regionals for non-rev privileges. Hell, I've had gate agents try and charge me for a Zed fare to list for a jumpseat.

I hope these people get caught and fired. They're going to screw it up for the rest of us. Better keep that crap quiet around me, I'll make it my mission to see to it.

If a guy with a missing arm can get a first class medical, and you get denied, we have serious problems with medical certification.

Going back, and realizing you made grammatical or spelling mistakes, etc. After a certain time period, one can't. Why?

What gives @Derg ?

I know exactly what it means, and the story behind it.

Because at certain shops, competitive is finishing your four year degree in exactly four years, volunteering on your free time, and not having a spot of lint on your suit at the job fair your paid $600 to attend if you were lucky enough to not be invited. Basically, it's Stockholm syndrome.