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Yes, but in the CONUS -- or otherwise cleared. HOU DPT would occasionally give you a 'unrestricted' climb. And if you're flying into MIA/FLL/PBI, go as fast as you'd like until within 12 miles of the shoreline.
 
Sorry to bring this post back from the past, but I have a quick question regarding Express Jet and figured it'd be easy to keep going on this thread vs. start a new one.

My question is: as far as hiring mins go, does anybody know if the 20 hours of actual instrument is set in stone? I'm a CFI in Arizona at the moment and am having a hard time building a lot of actual. I've got 8 hours actual, and I've got more than most of the instructors that I work with who have 2 or 3 times as many hours as me. I'm not forseeing a whole lot of change in the future... so I was curious to know if xjet is out of the picture for me. Thanks!
 
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I was doing 335 at 8000 20 miles offshore on arrival into KPBI a few days ago.

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Why so slow Doug???? Have the gear down or something LOL
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I can't laugh to much, our Vmo below 8000 is only 270. That's when we become "just another Citation."

MikeD, Did you see your house in my picture in the other post?
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From what I have heard, the 20 actual is a firm requirement.

I have a few friends here in Vegas who drove to Oregon recently and rented a plane, just to log lots of actual to get to XJT.
 
It all depends. If you do it online if you dont have 20, it automatically disqualifies you. and you can't reapply for 90 days.

But a buddy of mine less than 20 hours actual, but he had a capt walk it in and he got hired.

good luck. the drive to oregon doesnt sound like a bad idea.

-brian
 
You don't need to go all the way to Oregon for IFR, Drive out to San Diego or LA, you can get some good IFR there in the winter. Thats what a couple friends of mine did when I lived out in Vegas.
 
Anyplace coastal is usually good for some actual. Go out early in the morning with the fog ... some great 200-1/2 approaches and smooth as silk to fly in. I remember a week when I was CFI-ing, the whole week all of NC went to 200-1/2 and stayed there. I did a TON of great flying ... lots of smooth air, and a whole bunch of ILS approaches to minimums all over the state. Of course, I had to use IAD, some 300 miles away, as an alternate even for training flights. Oh well! Fantastic experience, and I got a lot of flying in ... a little instrument instruction, and a lot of aircraft ferrying and pilot service. Good times ...
 
Yet another question for those of you who are experts of Express Jet... is it possible for a current Xjet pilot to walk somebody's resume in? I've only seen the online application process, so I was curious to know how that would work for walking an app in.
 
I'm thinking they only take on-line apps now. Even the internal applicants are directed to the website, they just click on "internal" instead of external.
 
Hey kell I got to fly to MEM yesterday. You guys have some good lookin' chicks working the ramp. Couldn't find a whole lot to do during the four hour airport sit except grab a bite at backyard burger and watch fedex land. We ended up hanging out in the plane for a few hours. The capt's PFD took crap on us while we were sitting there, then MX swapped my MFD for his PFD (since one MFD can be MEL'd) so I had to fly back to IAH without an MFD. Contract MX was pretty good...

Sounds like MEM could really use a ramp control freq....the ground guy was about to have an ulcer when we were taxiing in.
 
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So dude, did you meet "Misty?"

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Heh. I get to work with her on a daily basis.

BTW, Matt. She dyed her hair blonde.

Alch, sucks you happened to fly through on my day off. Then again, unless you overnight here, I probably won't see ya. I'm on the 4:30 am - 9:30 am shift.
 
Haha! Yeah, she was doing her training while we were down in IAH. She was well known at the Holiday Inn Intercontinental.
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