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I still fly with guys that insist on printing the release from a dot matrix printer in the crew room. You never know who you'll be dealing with in an interview - having it printed is the safe decision.

It's been over a decade since my last interview (legacy airline), but they took all my logbooks at the beginning and handed them back sometime in the middle - between the HR and tech panels. They asked a couple of questions about my logs and time, but seemed satisfied. My digital logbook was...

The airliners in the OPs post are capable of dumping fuel, although at least at my shop, we're encouraged to find a long runway and land overweight if at all possible.

Absolutely no need to drink, but enjoying food helps. How do you feel about hot sauce?

I absolutely agree. But I think you'll find it's a different situation in person (that's probably pretty typical for the internet!). :)

It sounds to me like you care more than you admit. Like any gathering of this kind, there's gonna be some good natured ribbing. Nobody there will care that you're a high time airline captain. IMO that's what makes the gathering so great. If your ego can't handle that then you're right - it's...

Now wait a minute, that's not all mutually exclusive. I think I have a cute kid: She looks a little *too* much like the mailman, but I think I'm nonetheless very willing to fight for my marriage. :) :)

Perhaps that's part of the problem - you seem to be making some sort of connection between your career and this message board. The creation of PoA predates me, but as I understand it the purpose was to bring people together that were enthusiastic about GA, and fly-ins were central to that. Sure...

I look at music the same way I see any form of entertainment - the human element is what makes it interesting to me. Same with sports - can a computer be more accurate than an umpire? Can an AI drive a car around a track faster than a human? Can a robot hit a ball further? Sure, but that's not...

So bummed I missed it! Glad you crazies had a good time. :)

Hope you're right. Today's social media and outrage culture is the same reason I had them spraying Type IV as soon as I saw the first flurries. Makes no friggin' sense, but the last thing I needed was some airliners.net dork in 12A recording a single snowflake on the wing of a 170,000 pound...

I guess I'm watching too much Bluey, because my first thought was "This isn't the 80s, Pat!" :) We are absolutely NOT allowed to put an FA in a pilot seat, and I think our policy is pretty standard these days. Regardless of the actual risk, the airlines are very sensitive to the optics in...

It's not easy to get fired, but man this certainly seems like a good way to go about it. What the hell were they thinking???

My daughter was coming up on 6 months old when I finally went back to work, and I had to sit reserve on the 737 over the winter. For some reason I kept getting tagged to do our two day Cabo - one leg there, long overnight, one leg home. Great trip and I loved it, but my poor wife - I'm sitting...

I do a similar thing - leave late on Sunday after everyone is in bed, then either come home midday Tuesday if I want to do the Europe stuff, or first thing Wednesday if I want to do SA or the longer stuff out east. Do that three times per month (or four if all Europe) and call it good. To...

I've seen it first hand - Brazil is big for this. I don't know how they do it - one wife is PITA enough! :D (juuuuuust kidding honey!)

I like the second one better.

That's my point - the only way anyone can make a decision is to hear how it works (or not) from a variety of folks and see if it fits their situation. I'm simply giving my perspective. You mention three nights per week. That was the crux of my argument - starting the family late allowed me to be...

I absolutely agree. But that goes both ways - if someone posts to imply that a pilot career and being a Dad is mutually exclusive, I am happy to show how it works for our family.

Not sure how you define it, but I'd guess my definition of "being a Dad" requires significantly more involvement than how it was commonly defined 50 years ago.