Scott's leather flight kit

Johnny150

Johnny150

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I plan on purchasing a Scott's leather flight kit in the next few weeks, can a few of the members post some pictures of there flight kit (if it's Scott's), I'm winding which color and or model I should purchase', thanks much!
 
This is the only leather flight kit you should be buying.

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Don't buy anything for your job. You will only wind up regretting it. My 50 dollar bag is still holding on 7 years later. I just fixed the handle with JB Weld. Whatever that leather kit costs put that in your IRA.
 
Cheap kit bags are... cheap. If you have to have one (your company doesn't have shipsets or iPads) spend the money and get something decent so it won't fall apart and look like crap in 5 years.

The Scott ones will last forever, and won't fall apart. Get one with the handles that wrap all the way around & under the body of the bag. Those straps support the weight of the bag, and are less likely to break under the weight stress than a handle attached at the top of the bag.
 
I use a cloth backpack that I got for free - the kind they give out at health fairs and other events. People ask me, "Is that your flight bag?" but I know they're just jealous.
 
Hey if you need it get it I guess. However, keep in mind, it may not be required if you fly with a company approved Ipad for charts a documents. Then what are you going to put in it? PB and J sandos? Dirty laundry? Pens and pads of paper? PX90X workout bands?

The only reason I would buy one of those things would be to carry around gold Krugerrands, kilos of coke, the launch codes for a nuke strike or secret documents proving the existence of aliens. So really in 5 years or less the only thing that will belong in that case will be stuff pilots don't get to play with.

Seriously though. I'm sorry if I came off like a jerk with the first post but really I'm trying to help you. A long time ago a certain chief pilot asked me to buy my own leather Jepp binders. I refused. They used to cost a lot of money like over 100 bucks I think. I held out for the company to pay for them and they did. When we went to Ipads this year the last of the leather binders that lived in our aircraft were thrown in a pile in a storage locker at VNY. They were totally useless. Needless to say I was pretty stoked I had refused to buy the same binders years ago. Call it a stretch and I honestly hope I am wrong but your getting started with your career and you don't have a whole lot of bucks. Save your money. Try and put 10% into a 401k or IRA and don't spend any money unless you really must or you will starve, loose your job or get dumped (that is up for debate BTW) you wont regret it. Right now I can only afford to put 200 bucks a month into my 401k. 350 bucks although a 1 time expense seems like a lot of money to put into something you may not need in the near future.
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
Hey if you need it get it I guess. However, keep in mind, it may not be required if you fly with a company approved Ipad for charts a documents. Then what are you going to put in it? PB and J sandos? Dirty laundry? Pens and pads of paper? PX90X workout bands?

The only reason I would buy one of those things would be to carry around gold Krugerrands, kilos of coke, the launch codes for a nuke strike or secret documents proving the existence of aliens. So really in 5 years or less the only thing that will belong in that case will be stuff pilots don't get to play with.

Seriously though. I'm sorry if I came off like a jerk with the first post but really I'm trying to help you. A long time ago a certain chief pilot asked me to buy my own leather Jepp binders. I refused. They used to cost a lot of money like over 100 bucks I think. I held out for the company to pay for them and they did. When we went to Ipads this year the last of the leather binders that lived in our aircraft were thrown in a pile in a storage locker at VNY. They were totally useless. Needless to say I was pretty stoked I had refused to buy the same binders years ago. Call it a stretch and I honestly hope I am wrong but your getting started with your career and you don't have a whole lot of bucks. Save your money. Try and put 10% into a 401k or IRA and don't spend any money unless you really must or you will starve, loose your job or get dumped (that is up for debate BTW) you wont regret it. Right now I can only afford to put 200 bucks a month into my 401k. 350 bucks although a 1 time expense seems like a lot of money to put into something you may not need in the near future.
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It cool man, I hear where you are coming from... And 350 is a lot but I do feel it is something I need, Ithe case I was is quite small 6"W X 10"H X 16"L for the just reason that paper charts will become of date..
 
Johnny150 said:
but its what I want...
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OK, I'll chime in with my $.02 (for what it's worth)

Dude....Why?

If you have that much extra money kicking around could you buy me lunch?

Scott's leather kit bag = Holds your stuff.

Cheap ass kit bag = Holds your stuff.

Is this your first kit bag? Just wondering. You do know what a kit bag goes through on a day to day, right? For the same reason I wouldn't but a Lamborghini to drive in a demolition derby, I wouldn't buy a $350+ kit bag to bag around airports and hotels day in and day out. My cheap ass kit bag looks like crap! Your expensive ass kit bag will too look like crap before long, believe it. It's just the nature of what they do.

If you have the cash kicking around, and you want to make this the last kit bag of your life well then bang on. However, if you are just starting out and things are the least bit tight go the cheap route.

Food for though, go into a kit bag room in a large airport (assuming you can) and look at the ratio between cheap bags and expensive ones.
 
I disagree. If it is something you are going to use on a daily basis, don't buy some piece of crap that you are going to hate on a daily basis. As long as you have the cash, buy quality. I love my LuggageWorks bag, and Bose headset... I have the LuggageWorks flightcase (got a combo deal with the bag). It's not pretty, and it is just a hair too long, but it has stood up well.
 
I don't know why everyone is so anti spending money. It is for work ...yes, but it is for WORK. Buy the best Scott bag you can afford. I still have mine 5yrs later and she is rolling strong. Tons of stickers on her and I'm getting the typical wear spot on the bottom where it drags. I also have a LW bag and I give them both absolute T total hell. But I bought them both to WORk...and work is what they do. Don't be a cheap airline pilot. Buy the Scott bag...buy the LW bag. Give them both hell!l
 
MQAAord said:
Cheap kit bags are... cheap. If you have to have one (your company doesn't have shipsets or iPads) spend the money and get something decent so it won't fall apart and look like crap in 5 years.

The Scott ones will last forever, and won't fall apart. Get one with the handles that wrap all the way around & under the body of the bag. Those straps support the weight of the bag, and are less likely to break under the weight stress than a handle attached at the top of the bag.
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THIS... SADDLE BAGS are where its at. If they give you the option for a metal base to protect the bottom do it, Especially flying the dash your bag will be drug across concrete and sat in large amounts of water. The metal is well worth the extra money.
 
I have the Coyote Works one... waiting for my photostream to update so I can attach the photo... it is a GREAT BRAIN BAG, I've had it since 2007 and still looks basically new. Why? Because of the metal plate and the bolt heads on the bottom. (Because of those the bag has survived what has to be hundreds of miles walking back and forth across the terminals - dragging the corners of the bag - in ORD, JFK, and parts unknown) I don't know what the company is called now... but they still exist. Seriously, if you want a brain bag that will last forever get one of these. (And, if you want a nice bag... get a nice bag. Even though we have Jepp ship sets, and my flight manuals are on a PC, I still carry the bag around - filled with useful stuff for the cockpit, my work PC, my own personal PC, headset, and random stuff for the road.) I would also recommend the saddle bag handles, even though I really, really hate them... (the look, and the feel, and they flop around and get in my way) the four attach points that are spread out distributes the weight of the bag evenly and the double stitching keeps that handle attached very well... never had any handle problems and stitches are still in perfect shape.
 

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I would only get one with a metal plate on the bottom. Scott makes a great case, I am all for being cheap, first case I had I bought from Harbor Freight for around $35, bought a second one when that failed almost one year later, then bought a more expensive kevlar type case for $180, that was 4 years ago and it looks like crap now, not dead but getting there. Wish I just would've spent the $300 on the Scott or similar case.
 
I think I'm gonna get the small Scott's leather case and just go to a metal shop and have them put metal plates on it...
 
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