RICHARD5
Well-Known Member
I met a guy who boasts of his rotor wing experience and how he now flies in his state's NG. I asked if he ever trained at a certain base and he said he was based there for many months. So I asked him if he knew a certain person at that base. He said, No, who is he? I said he's a good friend of mine and is THE IP for the base. Basically, no one goes through that base without flying with my friend the IP. It turns out that Mr Awesome Rotorwing is not part of any required fligt crew...he's a paper pusher.
I met a guy who said his former job was 135 ME cargo. It turns out he doesn't even have a ME rating but has received dual in a C-337. He argued with a 135 chief pilot that a ME rating received in a 337 (which he doesn't have) is good for all twins.
I met a guy who claims he has very close the same amount of hours as I (just under 1,000) but I have seen how he couldn't navigate out of a paper bag, misses ATC calls, can't get a handle on hot starts, and generally seems perplexed and befuddled all the time. Gosh, I think, most of my hours are long x/c (including clear across the country several times...in night, mtn terrain, adverse wx, etc) because I really tried to challenge myself on every flight. But I can't help but think I would be judged the same as him if going by TT.
I met a guy who said his former job was 135 ME cargo. It turns out he doesn't even have a ME rating but has received dual in a C-337. He argued with a 135 chief pilot that a ME rating received in a 337 (which he doesn't have) is good for all twins.
I met a guy who claims he has very close the same amount of hours as I (just under 1,000) but I have seen how he couldn't navigate out of a paper bag, misses ATC calls, can't get a handle on hot starts, and generally seems perplexed and befuddled all the time. Gosh, I think, most of my hours are long x/c (including clear across the country several times...in night, mtn terrain, adverse wx, etc) because I really tried to challenge myself on every flight. But I can't help but think I would be judged the same as him if going by TT.