Lots of Entry Level Survey Jobs (CSEL w/ Instrument Rating to fly 172s for Pictometry)
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I don't feel like I absolved them of any blame. All I said was I have never been pressured. I can't speak for if he was pressured on this specific flight of his. I also didn't say anything about the CRW accident. All I know is there was an engine failure and it was on its belly in the end. I can't really speculate on what exactly happened because I have no idea.
So what are my thoughts on the crash in NV? The flight shouldn't have happened. That we can agree on.
I'll let him know you said "Hi".Is the Skylens pilot who is flying N62266 on here? You have been doing laps over my house all morning
I've had multiple pilots say that the current manager at AA has been very careful not to pressure them in writing (email or txt) so that if anything like this did happen he could always cover his ass, but he would call and pressure them to fly. I wonder where your attitude about going down to precision minimums came from as I've seen how 135 IFR operators train their pilots, their time requirements and how little training is given to AA pilots, the state of the avionics in their planes and the limited experience of the pilots they hire (ie with limited to no icing and mountain flying experience and cutting them loose on a near infinite possibility of routes. I don't doubt that many of their pilots will go on to be great pilots, but they just don't have much experience when they work for AA). I just spoke to two Skylens pilots who said that flight would've never taken place for them, because they have rules at their company.
While there is pressure to get night time 121 minimums there are plenty of decent opportunities to do it and a lot of regionals will help you get them. I also know that when I was at AA management was in contact with you or someone you were to relocate with to let you know when to relocate. Why it was not stressed during that conversation/message to not fly that route at night is beyond me and I can't think of any instances when pilots openly disobeyed management in order to fly at Air America when I flew there.
Whether it matters or not legally as ultimately the PIC is the PIC is another question entirely. Management's approach to safety has been a colossal failure in the past 3 years with how many planes they've lost and damaged. The pilots have little clout as the contract they've signed has gotten bigger and management has actively withheld pilots pay and per diem in instances in which aircraft were damaged. I think them actively going after pilots for damage to the plane is beyond harmful for when an emergency does happen as the pilot will have one more thing to worry about when the poop hits the fan and to distract them from getting on the ground safely. I wonder if the pilot of the Aztec who had his gear fail due to the hydraulic system failing was thinking about how much he'd be at risk of losing if he damaged either prop as he killed both engines and landed with less than 500' remaining at DAB. While he did a good job I can't imagine the threat of having the company come after him was reassuring at all.