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unclassified said:
That's your opinion. The regionals are a definite step down in the badassery department, though.
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Classic freight dawg dick-measuring. Hey, it's cool, i did it. And I didn't have to do it very long before I realized that the street cred of that job is only really useful in that particular demographic. most pilots have similar "badass" experience in their logbooks. If it wasn't 135 freight, it was flying a 1900 or even a Brasilia in crappy weather to a po-dunk airport. The point is this: just because you flew 135 freight, you are not special or better than anyone. I feel confident saying that from my experience
 
If voluntarily sleeping in a recliner in some backwater airport is the definition of badass, then consider me a little girly man. But I assure you that I can hand fly a partial panel Navajo to minimums in crappy weather just as competently as any freight dawg. Because I did.
 
Cal Goat said:
Classic freight dawg dick-measuring. Hey, it's cool, i did it. And I didn't have to do it very long before I realized that the street cred of that job is only really useful in that particular demographic. most pilots have similar "badass" experience in their logbooks. If it wasn't 135 freight, it was flying a 1900 or even a Brasilia in crappy weather to a po-dunk airport. The point is this: just because you flew 135 freight, you are not special or better than anyone. I feel confident saying that from my experience
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I feel equally confident saying, from my experience of guys who have only regional and no 135 freight experience, that you are wrong.

And whatever badassery you did in the 2000s pales in comparison to the level of badassery that went on in the 1980s.
 
unclassified said:
I feel equally confident saying, from my experience of guys who have only regional and no 135 freight experience, that you are wrong.

And whatever badassery you did in the 2000s pales in comparison to the level of badassery that went on in the 1980s.
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Haha. Oh man, I knew quite a few guys like you (at least, the personality you're portraying here) in the 135 world. So impressed with yourselves. They'd always try to get me in on that cowboy circle jerk. But I flew professionally before 135 freight and I knew it wasn't Top Gun like some of the Riddle kids who had only been flight instructors before thought.

And what's implied by the 1980's comment? Were you there? Were you busting regs and flying broken airplanes to get a bunch of stupid checks delivered? If that's how you define "badassery" then you I certainly don't need your approval.
 
Cal Goat said:
Haha. Oh man, I knew quite a few guys like you (at least, the personality you're portraying here) in the 135 world. So impressed with yourselves. They'd always try to get me in on that cowboy circle jerk. But I flew professionally before 135 freight and I knew it wasn't Top Gun like some of the Riddle kids who had only been flight instructors before thought.

And what's implied by the 1980's comment? Were you there? Were you busting regs and flying broken airplanes to get a bunch of stupid checks delivered? If that's how you define "badassery" then you I certainly don't need your approval.
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Hell yeah! I was there doing that and more. Flew the baddest ass piston twin (Aerostar) and the baddest ass jet (LR-23)!
 
unclassified said:
Hell yeah! I was there doing that and more. Flew the baddest ass piston twin (Aerostar) and the baddest ass jet (LR-23)!
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Christ, you must be the best pilot ever. Hopefully you're flying an F-22 right now, protecting us from the North Koreans, because anything less would be a waste of your talents.

But first, tell us about the times you rolled those freighters, because you seem like exactly the kind of guy that brags about stuff like that. Can I call you Maverick? Or would you prefer Iceman?
 
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135 freight is cool... weather modification is cool... flying low level supply drops in Afghanistan is cool... and not having my belly jiggle when I fly nowadays is cool too. What isn't cool is telling us how cool you are and how uncool we are just because we don't agree with everything you've said. If you were as old and as experienced as you claim you wouldn't (well shouldn't really) be acting like a 14 year old... How about regaling us with a story about the days of flying freight in the 90's instead of saying "I'm a badass I flew a LR-23! What did you do to earn your man card if you didn't fly freight?" You should take a page from @MikeD's playbook and remember that there are many perfectly tasty decaffeinated brands out there.
 
Avalon781ML said:
135 freight is cool... weather modification is cool... flying low level supply drops in Afghanistan is cool... and not having my belly jiggle when I fly nowadays is cool too. What isn't cool is telling us how cool you are and how uncool we are just because we don't agree with everything you've said. If you were as old and as experienced as you claim you wouldn't (well shouldn't really) be acting like a 14 year old... How about regaling us with a story about the days of flying freight in the 90's instead of saying "I'm a badass I flew a LR-23! What did you do to earn your man card if you didn't fly freight?" You should take a page from @MikeD's playbook and remember that there are many perfectly tasty decaffeinated brands out there.
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Completely agree. I heard a pretty cool old Southwest captain talking about how the former astronauts and Blue Angels pilots he's flown with at the airline didn't make a big deal out of their past experience. It's the guys that puff their chests up about something they did as defining their masculinity or credibility that look the weakest to me. The guys (and girls) who have done the legitimately badass stuff know it and often don't even talk about it.

Basically, if you're compelled to say "I'm cool because I did [whatever]." Then you're almost certainly not cool.
 
ocdflyboy said:
OK...what's going on. It's like dealing with Sybil. On the Job RSS Feed, 11/29, Airnet is announcing they are hiring.

http://www.forums.jetcareers.com/threads/non-experienced-pilots-airnet-us.210882/

Which takes you to..

http://www.aviationjobs.me/2014/11/non-experienced-pilots-airnet-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: aviationjobs/rss (AviationJobsMe Flight Crew)

Anybody have any clear info?
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Recycled ad most likely. Ask @Derg for your money back.
 
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