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Because the companies offering $1000/day are fully staffed and not looking for pilots?

It’s nice that companies have finally figured out that it’s cheaper to pay pilots to stick around instead of having a revolving door of pilots and the accidents that go with it. The vast majority of 135 accidents in this state are very low paying companies. I think a lot of that is because they...

I have been asked exactly 0 times about how many landings I have, nor have I ever seen landings listed on a resume. I wouldn’t sweat it at all

Island Air Express, $1030/day for Caravan/PC12. Bering Air, $1000+/day for people with 1000 hours of caravan time and 3 years flying in Alaska. Neither company advertises online, and they aren’t interested in people without Alaska time. Go do a couple years at Grant and give them a call.

No, I would not fly the PC12 for $200k. Perhaps if you had some 135 experience in Alaska you would understand that the job entails substantially more than flying a Latitude around the Lower 48. Experience costs money here, and the equipment counts for a lot. I’ve got 1000 hours in the PC12 and...

Yeah I just talked to one of my buddies at AS, I guess there isn’t a fix for the AD yet, and they’re hoping that they can start to get some planes back in the air by the middle of next week….

Counterpoint to Apple sucking -

That’s about what Island Air Express in Southeast is paying their Caravan/PC12 pilots. Also Bering Air is well over $200k/yr for their experienced guys. I might be interested in flying the PC24 if that ever shows up on property. Flying in Alaska in a lot of places is finally paying what it should.

AS just grounded all their Max 900s again. I’m guessing maybe they found something on one of their inspections? https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/01/07/alaska-airlines-again-grounds-all-boeing-737-max-9-jetliners-more-maintenance-may-be-needed/

Yes, I would imagine that the actual emergency exits are hooked up to some sort of door warning system.

I’m sure some enterprising urban outdoorsman in Portland has got a new roof for his tent.

Doh!

Another big fat L for Boeing. Can’t blame AS for a brand new airplane attempting to come from together.

Not many details right now, other than everyone is alright. https://www.kptv.com/2024/01/06/plane-window-blows-out-mid-air-makes-emergency-landing-portland-airport/?fbclid=IwAR3HnOtw4DDCFDenzdp3q75kGxfiShi-8NFu-VhnC19oqORm_vB65Ub0K10

A bottle of the nastiest rotgut whiskey is still $200 in the village. You can make more via brown jug airways.

Getting into the brown jug airways??

This phenomenon even has a name, The Bystander Effect. This last summer I was driving through a busy intersection in town and saw a car on fire. The hood was open, and the driver was in the process of discharging a fire extinguisher into the engine compartment, and it did not appear to be...

There will be logs, no doubt about it.

I had a 2018 Honda Accord that would autosteer (kinda) and autobrake. Had it honk down on the brakes more than once when I was passing someone on a one-lane that was turning right. I now have a Jeep Cherokee that does make a lot noises at me sometimes but has never decided to brake (or steer)...

I used to work for a company that put about 20,000 hours a year on IO520s. They had three total engine failures I can think of in 5 years, one was caused by bad fuel (Pilot didn't sump) , one was unknown (the engine ran fine on a test stand) and one came from together. Thats 1 in 33,000 hours...