Search results

Your mission has Sportsman 2+2 written all over it. Comfy for two with shoulder room. 46" shoulder width so check. Room for baggage and possibly bikes. Check. 120kts. Check. IFR with decent avionics. Its experimental so not hard to convert if you find one that's VFR only.

You do know what actors are right? I mean, you do understand that when a guy puts on a batman outfit for a movie, he doesn't actually believe he's batman right? Right? Or do you assume that anyone who chooses to play the part of a murderer in a movie must therefore be a-ok will actually killing...

I can't believe it would be very difficult to build a prop that looks exactly like a gun, cycles the action when the trigger is pulled exactly like a gun, and has an internal mechanism that will cause a natural looking recoil without the need to ever have anything leave the barrel. It boggles...

Also a general word of unsolicited advice. If you get offered a gig, take it and enjoy the snot out of it. But make sure you go into it with a solid plan to move on before your 24 month anniversary. I've known very happy jump pilots and I've known lifer jump pilots. I've never known one who was...

Don't email, show up in person with resume. But remember that you'll likely be the forth pilot with a resume in hand they met that day. Make yourself stand out by talking more about what you're willing to do for them (i.e. non-flying value add stuff like keeping the grass mowed and cleaning...

True. But it takes about a second to move the fuel levers and kill the engine. So if you're telling the FA's to evac the cabin but not killing the engine, well then your airline deserves whatever lawsuits they get a result IMO.

I saw a twitter post the other day that said something like 'Do what you love and you'll work twice as hard for half as much money because your boss will exploit you to make a profit from your passion while slowly driving you to hate the thing you once loved' and I can say that perfectly sums...

So what kind of flying are you interested in doing? Banner guys and jump operators will hire you all day long. I think pipeline ops are still going as well. And of course you can always teach. I don't know that I'd expect to make much North of $30k/yr for most of those gigs. And pretty much all...

Two questions. Are you thinking airline or non-airline? Are you willing to relocate? Non-airline will be very doable. Not all of it will likely be very lucrative, but getting the gigs will be very doable. Airline however will be a challenge to say the least. Even if you manage to get a gig that...

I'm aware of and agree with all that. The general public for the most part is not. Hence the reason for my comment. Spirit is already the airline people love to hate. I would imagine that clip won't help that perception.

https://onemileatatime.com/news/spirit-airlines-engine-fire/ Engine caught fire after taking a bird through it. I'm wondering how the video of the crew not immediately evacuating and telling pax to remain seated while the engine fire is growing will play out for them in the court of public opinion.

I still remember my first week after learning photoshop like it was yesterday. Good times.

I'll tell you what I tell my truck drivers when they ask me the same question. No regulation and no oversight means any label claims have zero credibility and zero reliability. If you want to bet your livelihood on something like that, I can't stop you. But know that gambling your livelihood is...

I'm frequently told a lot of things. I rarely bother to listen. Giving a man a guitar does not turn that man into a guitar player. The man to actually play guitar in order to earn that distinction and until then, he is still just a man. Putting pockets on a shorts does not turn those shorts...

There is a super easy way to change that. I cannot count the number of non-airplane situations where I've used safety wire to make a repair. Wire fence around the garden doesn't want to stay attached to the posts? Safety wire. Muffler rusted away to nothing, safety wire (I was pretty poor back...

Quite the opposite. I'm limiting my comments to things I know about i.e. that class 8 vehicles are subject to random inspections while legally parked. Likewise I'm refraining from commenting on aspects of the conversation that I either have no opinion on or do not have enough knowledge to form...

Stubborn? No. I just try not to agree or disagree with statements when I don't have enough information to feel confident that they're true. I honestly don't know what 'so you agree a private citizen in a car isn't valid' means so I'm not inclined to agree with it. If that makes you not want to...

I agree that DOT being able to approach and inspect trucks at random has to do with the class of the vehicle and has nothing to do with whether or not the vehicle is engaged in commercial operations. I have not said I agree to anything else.

Commercial vs private has nothing to do with it. Its the class of vehicle in question. Anyone with a spare $200k can buy themselves a new class 8 peterbilt and a 53' trailer and simply put NOT FOR HIRE on the side and drive it as a private personal vehicle. But you would still be subject to the...

Considering that commercial trucks are regulated by federal code rather than at the state level, this is likely the case. Airplanes, even private ones, are also regulated by federal code rather than at the state level.